#8C202C#8C202C

#8C202C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.143 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C202C
RGB	rgb(140, 32, 44)
HSL	hsl(353, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(353, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 68.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.33, 45.34, 20.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.33, 49.85, 24.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.57% 0.134 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(42.57% 0.143 20)
XYZ	xyz(11.7876, 6.7921, 3.0727)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C202C #208C80

analogous

#8C2062 #8C202C #8C4A20

triadic

#8C202C #2C8C20 #202C8C

tetradic

#8C202C #628C20 #208C80 #4A208C

square

#8C202C #628C20 #208C80 #4A208C

split-complementary

#8C202C #208C4A #20628C

monochromatic

#28090D #5A151C #8C202C #BE2B3C #D7505F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#8C202C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8C202C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C202C

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C202C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C202C	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)

#3F3B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c202c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 32, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.143 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56565',
    500: '#8c202c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c202c;
$custom-light: #b56565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c202c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42565,
    "c": 0.14264,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.0679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C202C

secondary

#4EBAAE

accent

#E6D442

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C202C

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

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