#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
RGBrgb(140, 32, 44)
HSLhsl(353, 63%, 34%)
HSVhsv(353, 77%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 77.1%, 68.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(31.33, 45.34, 20.71)
CIE-LCHlch(31.33, 49.85, 24.55°)
OKLaboklab(42.57% 0.134 0.0488)
OKLCHoklch(42.57% 0.143 20)
XYZxyz(11.7876, 6.7921, 3.0727)
Luminance0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##8C202C1.008.912.368.91
#FFFFFF8.911.0021.001.00
#0000002.3621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.911.0021.001.00

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

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#8C202C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva