#8C202B#8C202B

#8C202B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.143 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C202B
RGB	rgb(140, 32, 43)
HSL	hsl(354, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 69.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.31, 45.28, 21.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.31, 50.06, 25.23°)
OKLab	oklab(42.55% 0.1336 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(42.55% 0.143 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7691, 6.7847, 2.9749)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C202B #208C81

analogous

#8C2061 #8C202B #8C4B20

triadic

#8C202B #2B8C20 #202B8C

tetradic

#8C202B #618C20 #208C81 #4B208C

square

#8C202B #618C20 #208C81 #4B208C

split-complementary

#8C202B #208C4B #20618C

monochromatic

#28090C #5A151C #8C202B #BE2B3A #D7505D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#8C202B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8C202B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C202B

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C202B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C202B	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c202b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 32, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.143 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56564',
    500: '#8c202b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c202b;
$custom-light: #b56564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c202b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.889,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42546,
    "c": 0.1427,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C202B

secondary

#4EBAAF

accent

#E6D542

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C202B

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

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