#8C211C#8C211C

#8C211C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.143 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C211C
RGB	rgb(140, 33, 28)
HSL	hsl(3, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 80%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.23, 44.23, 30.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.23, 53.76, 34.64°)
OKLab	oklab(42.42% 0.1269 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(42.42% 0.143 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.5700, 6.7488, 1.7918)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C211C #1C878C

analogous

#8C1C4F #8C211C #8C591C

triadic

#8C211C #1C8C21 #211C8C

tetradic

#8C211C #4F8C1C #1C878C #591C8C

square

#8C211C #4F8C1C #1C878C #591C8C

split-complementary

#8C211C #1C8C59 #1C4F8C

monochromatic

#260908 #591512 #8C211C #BF2D26 #DA4F48

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#8C211C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8C211C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C211C

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C211C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C211C	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)

#413B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5217

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c211c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 33, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.143 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66559',
    500: '#8c211c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c211c;
$custom-light: #b66559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c211c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.679,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42417,
    "c": 0.14345,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C211C

secondary

#48B7BC

accent

#E2EA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C211C

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

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