#8C2124#8C2124

#8C2124 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.142 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8C2124
RGBrgb(140, 33, 36)
HSLhsl(358, 62%, 34%)
HSVhsv(358, 76%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 76.4%, 74.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(31.33, 44.57, 25.80)
CIE-LCHlch(31.33, 51.50, 30.07°)
OKLaboklab(42.53% 0.1297 0.0587)
OKLCHoklch(42.53% 0.142 24.3)
XYZxyz(11.6788, 6.7923, 2.3648)
Luminance0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8C2124 #218C89
analogous
#8C215A #8C2124 #8C5421
triadic
#8C2124 #248C21 #21248C
tetradic
#8C2124 #5A8C21 #218C89 #54218C
square
#8C2124 #5A8C21 #218C89 #54218C
split-complementary
#8C2124 #218C54 #215A8C
monochromatic
#290A0B #5A1517 #8C2124 #BE2D31 #D65155

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91
#8C2124 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36
#8C2124 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2124
8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8C2124#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8C21241.008.912.368.91
#FFFFFF8.911.0021.001.00
#0000002.3621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.911.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#413B23
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5B5220
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9A0023
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8c2124;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 33, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.142 24.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5665f',
    500: '#8c2124',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8c2124;
$custom-light: #b5665f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8c2124",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.318,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42525,
    "c": 0.1424,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8C2124
secondary
#4FB9B7
accent
#E5E043
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8EBE9
border
#D1C6C5
text
#130604
muted
#827A79

Preview Lab

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#8C2124 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva