#8C201A#8C201A

#8C201A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.145 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C201A
RGB	rgb(140, 32, 26)
HSL	hsl(3, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 81.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.08, 44.52, 31.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.08, 54.57, 35.34°)
OKLab	oklab(42.3% 0.1273 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(42.3% 0.145 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5196, 6.6849, 1.6608)
Luminance	0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C201A #1A868C

analogous

#8C1A4D #8C201A #8C591A

triadic

#8C201A #1A8C20 #201A8C

tetradic

#8C201A #4D8C1A #1A868C #591A8C

square

#8C201A #4D8C1A #1A868C #591A8C

split-complementary

#8C201A #1A8C59 #1A4D8C

monochromatic

#250807 #581410 #8C201A #C02C24 #DC4C44

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#8C201A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8C201A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C201A

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C201A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C201A	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)

#413A18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5215

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c201a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 32, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.145 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66557',
    500: '#8c201a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c201a;
$custom-light: #b66557;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c201a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.158,
    "s": 68.675,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42298,
    "c": 0.1446,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C201A

secondary

#44B7BE

accent

#E2EC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C201A

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

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