#8C2118#8C2118

#8C2118 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.144 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2118
RGB	rgb(140, 33, 24)
HSL	hsl(5, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(5, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 82.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.19, 44.09, 32.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.19, 54.96, 36.66°)
OKLab	oklab(42.37% 0.1256 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(42.37% 0.144 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5253, 6.7309, 1.5563)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2118 #18838C

analogous

#8C1849 #8C2118 #8C5B18

triadic

#8C2118 #188C21 #21188C

tetradic

#8C2118 #498C18 #18838C #5B188C

square

#8C2118 #498C18 #18838C #5B188C

split-complementary

#8C2118 #188C5B #18498C

monochromatic

#240806 #58150F #8C2118 #C02D21 #DE4C40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#8C2118 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8C2118 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2118

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2118	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2118	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5213

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2118;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 33, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.144 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66556',
    500: '#8c2118',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2118;
$custom-light: #b66556;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2118",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.655,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42372,
    "c": 0.14404,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2118

secondary

#41B5BF

accent

#E0ED3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2118

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

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