#8C202A#8C202A

#8C202A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.143 H 21.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C202A
RGB	rgb(140, 32, 42)
HSL	hsl(354, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 70%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.29, 45.23, 21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.29, 50.28, 25.89°)
OKLab	oklab(42.53% 0.1332 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(42.53% 0.143 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.7509, 6.7774, 2.8795)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C202A #208C82

analogous

#8C2060 #8C202A #8C4C20

triadic

#8C202A #2A8C20 #202A8C

tetradic

#8C202A #608C20 #208C82 #4C208C

square

#8C202A #608C20 #208C82 #4C208C

split-complementary

#8C202A #208C4C #20608C

monochromatic

#28090C #5A151B #8C202A #BE2B39 #D7505C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#8C202A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8C202A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C202A

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C202A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C202A	1.00	8.92	2.36	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c202a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 32, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.143 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56563',
    500: '#8c202a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c202a;
$custom-light: #b56563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c202a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.444,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42529,
    "c": 0.14275,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C202A

secondary

#4EBAB0

accent

#E6D742

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C202A

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

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