#8C211F#8C211F

#8C211F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.143 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C211F
RGB	rgb(140, 33, 31)
HSL	hsl(1, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(1, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 77.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.26, 44.35, 28.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.26, 52.88, 33.00°)
OKLab	oklab(42.45% 0.1279 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(42.45% 0.143 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6078, 6.7639, 1.9904)
Luminance	0.0676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C211F #1F8A8C

analogous

#8C1F53 #8C211F #8C571F

triadic

#8C211F #1F8C21 #211F8C

tetradic

#8C211F #538C1F #1F8A8C #571F8C

square

#8C211F #538C1F #1F8A8C #571F8C

split-complementary

#8C211F #1F8C57 #1F538C

monochromatic

#280909 #5A1514 #8C211F #BE2D2A #D8504E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#8C211F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8C211F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C211F

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C211F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C211F	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)

#413B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c211f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 33, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.143 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6655b',
    500: '#8c211f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c211f;
$custom-light: #b6655b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c211f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.101,
    "s": 63.743,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42454,
    "c": 0.14303,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C211F

secondary

#4CB9BB

accent

#E4E741

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C211F

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

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