#8C201E#8C201E

#8C201E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.144 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C201E
RGB	rgb(140, 32, 30)
HSL	hsl(1, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(1, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 78.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.12, 44.66, 29.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.12, 53.39, 33.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.35% 0.1287 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(42.35% 0.144 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.5674, 6.7040, 1.9130)
Luminance	0.0670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C201E #1E8A8C

analogous

#8C1E53 #8C201E #8C571E

triadic

#8C201E #1E8C20 #201E8C

tetradic

#8C201E #538C1E #1E8A8C #571E8C

square

#8C201E #538C1E #1E8A8C #571E8C

split-complementary

#8C201E #1E8C57 #1E538C

monochromatic

#270908 #5A1413 #8C201E #BE2C29 #D94E4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#8C201E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8C201E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C201E

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C201E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C201E	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413A1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B521A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c201e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 32, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.144 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6655a',
    500: '#8c201e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c201e;
$custom-light: #b6655a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c201e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.091,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42346,
    "c": 0.14404,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C201E

secondary

#4BB9BB

accent

#E5E840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C201E

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

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