#8C212B#8C212B

#8C212B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.142 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C212B
RGB	rgb(140, 33, 43)
HSL	hsl(354, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 69.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.44, 44.93, 21.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.44, 49.81, 25.56°)
OKLab	oklab(42.64% 0.1325 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(42.64% 0.142 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7964, 6.8394, 2.9840)
Luminance	0.0684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C212B #218C82

analogous

#8C2161 #8C212B #8C4D21

triadic

#8C212B #2B8C21 #212B8C

tetradic

#8C212B #618C21 #218C82 #4D218C

square

#8C212B #618C21 #218C82 #4D218C

split-complementary

#8C212B #218C4D #21618C

monochromatic

#290A0D #5A151C #8C212B #BE2D3A #D6515E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#8C212B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8C212B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C212B

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C212B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C212B	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c212b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 33, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.142 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56664',
    500: '#8c212b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c212b;
$custom-light: #b56664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c212b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.393,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42641,
    "c": 0.14176,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C212B

secondary

#4FB9B0

accent

#E5D643

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C212B

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

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