#8C211B#8C211B

#8C211B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.144 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C211B
RGB	rgb(140, 33, 27)
HSL	hsl(3, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 80.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.22, 44.19, 31.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.22, 54.06, 35.16°)
OKLab	oklab(42.41% 0.1265 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(42.41% 0.144 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5583, 6.7441, 1.7298)
Luminance	0.0674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C211B #1B868C

analogous

#8C1B4D #8C211B #8C5A1B

triadic

#8C211B #1B8C21 #211B8C

tetradic

#8C211B #4D8C1B #1B868C #5A1B8C

square

#8C211B #4D8C1B #1B868C #5A1B8C

split-complementary

#8C211B #1B8C5A #1B4D8C

monochromatic

#250907 #591511 #8C211B #BF2D25 #DB4E46

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#8C211B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8C211B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C211B

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C211B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C211B	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5216

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c211b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 33, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.144 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66558',
    500: '#8c211b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c211b;
$custom-light: #b66558;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c211b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.186,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42405,
    "c": 0.1436,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C211B

secondary

#46B7BD

accent

#E1EB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C211B

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

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