#8C2136#8C2136

#8C2136 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.142 H 14.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2136
RGB	rgb(140, 33, 54)
HSL	hsl(348, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(348, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 61.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.65, 45.63, 14.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.65, 47.91, 17.76°)
OKLab	oklab(42.87% 0.137 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(42.87% 0.142 14.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0261, 6.9313, 4.1939)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2136 #218C77

analogous

#8C216C #8C2136 #8C4221

triadic

#8C2136 #368C21 #21368C

tetradic

#8C2136 #6C8C21 #218C77 #42218C

square

#8C2136 #6C8C21 #218C77 #42218C

split-complementary

#8C2136 #218C42 #216C8C

monochromatic

#290A10 #5A1523 #8C2136 #BE2D49 #D6516B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#8C2136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8C2136 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2136

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2136	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 33, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.142 14.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4666c',
    500: '#8c2136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2136;
$custom-light: #b4666c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.224,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42866,
    "c": 0.14164,
    "h": 14.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2136

secondary

#4FB9A5

accent

#E5C543

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2136

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

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