#8C202E#8C202E

#8C202E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.143 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C202E
RGB	rgb(140, 32, 46)
HSL	hsl(352, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(352, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 67.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.36, 45.46, 19.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.36, 49.45, 23.18°)
OKLab	oklab(42.6% 0.1348 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(42.6% 0.143 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8261, 6.8075, 3.2755)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C202E #208C7E

analogous

#8C2064 #8C202E #8C4820

triadic

#8C202E #2E8C20 #202E8C

tetradic

#8C202E #648C20 #208C7E #48208C

square

#8C202E #648C20 #208C7E #48208C

split-complementary

#8C202E #208C48 #20648C

monochromatic

#28090D #5A151E #8C202E #BE2B3E #D75061

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#8C202E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8C202E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C202E

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C202E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C202E	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c202e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 32, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.143 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56566',
    500: '#8c202e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c202e;
$custom-light: #b56566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c202e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.222,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42603,
    "c": 0.14256,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C202E

secondary

#4EBAAC

accent

#E6D142

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C202E

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