#8C2129#8C2129

#8C2129 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.142 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2129
RGB	rgb(140, 33, 41)
HSL	hsl(356, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(356, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 70.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.41, 44.82, 22.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.41, 50.26, 26.89°)
OKLab	oklab(42.61% 0.1317 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(42.61% 0.142 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7606, 6.8250, 2.7955)
Luminance	0.0682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2129 #218C84

analogous

#8C215F #8C2129 #8C4F21

triadic

#8C2129 #298C21 #21298C

tetradic

#8C2129 #5F8C21 #218C84 #4F218C

square

#8C2129 #5F8C21 #218C84 #4F218C

split-complementary

#8C2129 #218C4F #215F8C

monochromatic

#290A0C #5A151A #8C2129 #BE2D38 #D6515B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#8C2129 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8C2129 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2129

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2129	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2129	1.00	8.88	2.36	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2129;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 33, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.142 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56662',
    500: '#8c2129',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2129;
$custom-light: #b56662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2129",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.514,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42605,
    "c": 0.1419,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2129

secondary

#4FB9B2

accent

#E5D943

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2129

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

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