#8C212E#8C212E

#8C212E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.142 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C212E
RGB	rgb(140, 33, 46)
HSL	hsl(353, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(353, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 67.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.49, 45.10, 19.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.49, 49.19, 23.51°)
OKLab	oklab(42.7% 0.1337 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(42.7% 0.142 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8535, 6.8622, 3.2846)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8C212E #218C7F

analogous

#8C2164 #8C212E #8C4A21

triadic

#8C212E #2E8C21 #212E8C

tetradic

#8C212E #648C21 #218C7F #4A218C

square

#8C212E #648C21 #218C7F #4A218C

split-complementary

#8C212E #218C4A #21648C

monochromatic

#290A0D #5A151E #8C212E #BE2D3E #D65161

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#8C212E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8C212E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C212E

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C212E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C212E	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c212e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 33, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.142 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46666',
    500: '#8c212e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c212e;
$custom-light: #b46666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c212e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.71,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42697,
    "c": 0.14161,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C212E

secondary

#4FB9AD

accent

#E5D143

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C212E

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

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