#8C201F#8C201F

#8C201F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.144 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C201F
RGB	rgb(140, 32, 31)
HSL	hsl(1, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(1, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 77.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.14, 44.70, 28.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.14, 53.10, 32.67°)
OKLab	oklab(42.36% 0.129 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(42.36% 0.144 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5804, 6.7092, 1.9813)
Luminance	0.0671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C201F #1F8B8C

analogous

#8C1F54 #8C201F #8C561F

triadic

#8C201F #1F8C20 #201F8C

tetradic

#8C201F #548C1F #1F8B8C #561F8C

square

#8C201F #548C1F #1F8B8C #561F8C

split-complementary

#8C201F #1F8C56 #1F548C

monochromatic

#280909 #5A1514 #8C201F #BE2B2A #D84F4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#8C201F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8C201F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C201F

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C201F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C201F	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)

#413A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B521B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c201f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 32, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.144 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6655b',
    500: '#8c201f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c201f;
$custom-light: #b6655b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c201f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.55,
    "s": 63.743,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42359,
    "c": 0.1439,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C201F

secondary

#4CBABB

accent

#E5E741

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C201F

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

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