#8C2019#8C2019

#8C2019 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.145 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2019
RGB	rgb(140, 32, 25)
HSL	hsl(4, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(4, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 82.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.07, 44.48, 32.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.07, 54.87, 35.85°)
OKLab	oklab(42.29% 0.127 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(42.29% 0.145 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.5086, 6.6805, 1.6030)
Luminance	0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2019 #19858C

analogous

#8C194C #8C2019 #8C5919

triadic

#8C2019 #198C20 #20198C

tetradic

#8C2019 #4C8C19 #19858C #59198C

square

#8C2019 #4C8C19 #19858C #59198C

split-complementary

#8C2019 #198C59 #194C8C

monochromatic

#240806 #581410 #8C2019 #C02C22 #DD4C42

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#8C2019 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8C2019 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2019

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2019	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2019	1.00	8.99	2.34	8.99
#FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413A17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5214

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2019;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 32, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.145 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66557',
    500: '#8c2019',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2019;
$custom-light: #b66557;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2019",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.652,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42288,
    "c": 0.14474,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2019

secondary

#43B7BE

accent

#E2ED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2019

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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