#8C1E35#8C1E35

#8C1E35 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.145 H 14.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C1E35
RGB	rgb(140, 30, 53)
HSL	hsl(347, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(347, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 62.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.26, 46.59, 14.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.26, 48.87, 17.57°)
OKLab	oklab(42.57% 0.1399 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(42.57% 0.145 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9233, 6.7628, 4.0450)
Luminance	0.0676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8C1E35 #1E8C75

analogous

#8C1E6C #8C1E35 #8C3E1E

triadic

#8C1E35 #358C1E #1E358C

tetradic

#8C1E35 #6C8C1E #1E8C75 #3E1E8C

square

#8C1E35 #6C8C1E #1E8C75 #3E1E8C

split-complementary

#8C1E35 #1E8C3E #1E6C8C

monochromatic

#27080F #5A1322 #8C1E35 #BE2948 #D94C69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#8C1E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8C1E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C1E35

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C1E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C1E35	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c1e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 30, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.145 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4656c',
    500: '#8c1e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c1e35;
$custom-light: #b4656c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c1e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.455,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42571,
    "c": 0.14451,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C1E35

secondary

#4BBBA4

accent

#E8C540

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C1E35

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