#8C211E#8C211E

#8C211E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.143 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C211E
RGB	rgb(140, 33, 30)
HSL	hsl(2, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 78.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.25, 44.31, 29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.25, 53.17, 33.56°)
OKLab	oklab(42.44% 0.1276 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(42.44% 0.143 27)
XYZ	xyz(11.5948, 6.7587, 1.9221)
Luminance	0.0676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C211E #1E898C

analogous

#8C1E52 #8C211E #8C581E

triadic

#8C211E #1E8C21 #211E8C

tetradic

#8C211E #528C1E #1E898C #581E8C

square

#8C211E #528C1E #1E898C #581E8C

split-complementary

#8C211E #1E8C58 #1E528C

monochromatic

#270908 #5A1513 #8C211E #BE2D29 #D9504C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#8C211E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8C211E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C211E

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C211E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C211E	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)

#413B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c211e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 33, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.143 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6655a',
    500: '#8c211e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c211e;
$custom-light: #b6655a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c211e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.636,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42441,
    "c": 0.14317,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.06757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C211E

secondary

#4BB8BB

accent

#E3E840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C211E

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

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