#8C212D#8C212D

#8C212D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.142 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C212D
RGB	rgb(140, 33, 45)
HSL	hsl(353, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(353, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 67.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.47, 45.05, 20.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.47, 49.39, 24.20°)
OKLab	oklab(42.68% 0.1333 0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(42.68% 0.142 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8340, 6.8544, 3.1820)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C212D #218C80

analogous

#8C2163 #8C212D #8C4B21

triadic

#8C212D #2D8C21 #212D8C

tetradic

#8C212D #638C21 #218C80 #4B218C

square

#8C212D #638C21 #218C80 #4B218C

split-complementary

#8C212D #218C4B #21638C

monochromatic

#290A0D #5A151D #8C212D #BE2D3D #D65160

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#8C212D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8C212D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C212D

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C212D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C212D	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)

#403C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B522A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c212d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 33, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.142 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56665',
    500: '#8c212d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c212d;
$custom-light: #b56665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c212d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.271,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42678,
    "c": 0.14165,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C212D

secondary

#4FB9AE

accent

#E5D343

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C212D

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

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