#8C2033#8C2033

#8C2033 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.143 H 16.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2033
RGB	rgb(140, 32, 51)
HSL	hsl(349, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(349, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 63.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.46, 45.77, 16.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.46, 48.60, 19.63°)
OKLab	oklab(42.71% 0.1369 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(42.71% 0.143 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.9305, 6.8492, 3.8252)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2033 #208C79

analogous

#8C2069 #8C2033 #8C4320

triadic

#8C2033 #338C20 #20338C

tetradic

#8C2033 #698C20 #208C79 #43208C

square

#8C2033 #698C20 #208C79 #43208C

split-complementary

#8C2033 #208C43 #20698C

monochromatic

#28090F #5A1521 #8C2033 #BE2B45 #D75067

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#8C2033 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8C2033 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2033

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2033	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2033	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2033;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 32, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.143 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4656a',
    500: '#8c2033',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2033;
$custom-light: #b4656a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2033",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.444,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42706,
    "c": 0.14252,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2033

secondary

#4EBAA7

accent

#E6C942

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2033

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

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