#8C212F#8C212F

#8C212F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.142 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C212F
RGB	rgb(140, 33, 47)
HSL	hsl(352, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(352, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 66.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.51, 45.16, 19.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.51, 49.00, 22.81°)
OKLab	oklab(42.72% 0.1341 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(42.72% 0.142 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.8734, 6.8702, 3.3896)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C212F #218C7E

analogous

#8C2165 #8C212F #8C4921

triadic

#8C212F #2F8C21 #212F8C

tetradic

#8C212F #658C21 #218C7E #49218C

square

#8C212F #658C21 #218C7E #49218C

split-complementary

#8C212F #218C49 #21658C

monochromatic

#290A0E #5A151E #8C212F #BE2D40 #D65163

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#8C212F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8C212F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C212F

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C212F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C212F	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)

#3F3C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c212f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 33, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.142 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46667',
    500: '#8c212f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c212f;
$custom-light: #b46667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c212f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.15,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42716,
    "c": 0.14158,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C212F

secondary

#4FB9AC

accent

#E5D043

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C212F

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

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