#8C212A#8C212A

#8C212A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.142 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C212A
RGB	rgb(140, 33, 42)
HSL	hsl(355, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(355, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 70%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.42, 44.88, 22.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.42, 50.03, 26.23°)
OKLab	oklab(42.62% 0.1321 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(42.62% 0.142 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.7783, 6.8321, 2.8886)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8C212A #218C83

analogous

#8C2160 #8C212A #8C4E21

triadic

#8C212A #2A8C21 #212A8C

tetradic

#8C212A #608C21 #218C83 #4E218C

square

#8C212A #608C21 #218C83 #4E218C

split-complementary

#8C212A #218C4E #21608C

monochromatic

#290A0C #5A151B #8C212A #BE2D39 #D6515D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#8C212A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8C212A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C212A

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C212A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C212A	1.00	8.88	2.37	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c212a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 33, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.142 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56663',
    500: '#8c212a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c212a;
$custom-light: #b56663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c212a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.953,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42623,
    "c": 0.14183,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C212A

secondary

#4FB9B1

accent

#E5D743

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C212A

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

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