#8C201D#8C201D

#8C201D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.144 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C201D
RGB	rgb(140, 32, 29)
HSL	hsl(2, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 79.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.11, 44.63, 29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.11, 53.68, 33.77°)
OKLab	oklab(42.33% 0.1283 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(42.33% 0.144 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5549, 6.6990, 1.8468)
Luminance	0.0670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C201D #1D898C

analogous

#8C1D51 #8C201D #8C581D

triadic

#8C201D #1D8C20 #201D8C

tetradic

#8C201D #518C1D #1D898C #581D8C

square

#8C201D #518C1D #1D898C #581D8C

split-complementary

#8C201D #1D8C58 #1D518C

monochromatic

#270908 #591412 #8C201D #BF2C28 #D94E4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#8C201D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8C201D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C201D

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C201D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C201D	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)

#413A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5218

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c201d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 32, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.144 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66559',
    500: '#8c201d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c201d;
$custom-light: #b66559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c201d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.622,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42334,
    "c": 0.14417,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C201D

secondary

#49B9BC

accent

#E4E93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C201D

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

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