#8C201B#8C201B

#8C201B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.144 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C201B
RGB	rgb(140, 32, 27)
HSL	hsl(3, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 80.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.09, 44.55, 31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.09, 54.27, 34.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.31% 0.1277 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(42.31% 0.144 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.5309, 6.6894, 1.7207)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C201B #1B878C

analogous

#8C1B4E #8C201B #8C591B

triadic

#8C201B #1B8C20 #201B8C

tetradic

#8C201B #4E8C1B #1B878C #591B8C

square

#8C201B #4E8C1B #1B878C #591B8C

split-complementary

#8C201B #1B8C59 #1B4E8C

monochromatic

#250907 #591411 #8C201B #BF2C25 #DB4D46

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#8C201B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8C201B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C201B

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C201B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C201B	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5216

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c201b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 32, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.144 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66558',
    500: '#8c201b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c201b;
$custom-light: #b66558;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c201b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.655,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4231,
    "c": 0.14445,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C201B

secondary

#46B8BD

accent

#E3EB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C201B

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

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