#8C201C#8C201C

#8C201C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.144 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C201C
RGB	rgb(140, 32, 28)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(2, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 80%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.10, 44.59, 30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.10, 53.98, 34.31°)
OKLab	oklab(42.32% 0.128 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(42.32% 0.144 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.5427, 6.6941, 1.7827)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C201C #1C888C

analogous

#8C1C50 #8C201C #8C581C

triadic

#8C201C #1C8C20 #201C8C

tetradic

#8C201C #508C1C #1C888C #581C8C

square

#8C201C #508C1C #1C888C #581C8C

split-complementary

#8C201C #1C8C58 #1C508C

monochromatic

#260908 #591412 #8C201C #BF2C26 #DA4D48

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#8C201C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8C201C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C201C

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C201C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C201C	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)

#413A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5217

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c201c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 32, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.144 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66559',
    500: '#8c201c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c201c;
$custom-light: #b66559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c201c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.143,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42322,
    "c": 0.14431,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C201C

secondary

#48B8BC

accent

#E3EA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C201C

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

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