#8C211D#8C211D

#8C211D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.143 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C211D
RGB	rgb(140, 33, 29)
HSL	hsl(2, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 79.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.24, 44.27, 29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.24, 53.46, 34.10°)
OKLab	oklab(42.43% 0.1272 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(42.43% 0.143 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.5822, 6.7537, 1.8559)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C211D #1D888C

analogous

#8C1D50 #8C211D #8C581D

triadic

#8C211D #1D8C21 #211D8C

tetradic

#8C211D #508C1D #1D888C #581D8C

square

#8C211D #508C1D #1D888C #581D8C

split-complementary

#8C211D #1D8C58 #1D508C

monochromatic

#270908 #591512 #8C211D #BF2D28 #D94F4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#8C211D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8C211D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C211D

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C211D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C211D	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5219

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c211d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 33, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.143 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66559',
    500: '#8c211d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c211d;
$custom-light: #b66559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c211d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.162,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42429,
    "c": 0.14331,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C211D

secondary

#49B8BC

accent

#E3E93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C211D

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

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