#8C212C#8C212C

#8C212C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.142 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C212C
RGB	rgb(140, 33, 44)
HSL	hsl(354, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 68.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.46, 44.99, 20.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.46, 49.59, 24.89°)
OKLab	oklab(42.66% 0.1329 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(42.66% 0.142 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.8150, 6.8468, 3.0818)
Luminance	0.0684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8C212C #218C81

analogous

#8C2162 #8C212C #8C4C21

triadic

#8C212C #2C8C21 #212C8C

tetradic

#8C212C #628C21 #218C81 #4C218C

square

#8C212C #628C21 #218C81 #4C218C

split-complementary

#8C212C #218C4C #21628C

monochromatic

#290A0D #5A151C #8C212C #BE2D3C #D6515F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#8C212C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8C212C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C212C

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C212C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C212C	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403C2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c212c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 33, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.142 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56665',
    500: '#8c212c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c212c;
$custom-light: #b56665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c212c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.832,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42659,
    "c": 0.1417,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C212C

secondary

#4FB9AF

accent

#E5D443

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C212C

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

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