#8C2139#8C2139

#8C2139 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.142 H 12.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2139
RGB	rgb(140, 33, 57)
HSL	hsl(347, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(347, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 59.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.72, 45.85, 12.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.72, 47.58, 15.52°)
OKLab	oklab(42.94% 0.1383 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(42.94% 0.142 12.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.0988, 6.9603, 4.5765)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2139 #218C74

analogous

#8C216F #8C2139 #8C3F21

triadic

#8C2139 #398C21 #21398C

tetradic

#8C2139 #6F8C21 #218C74 #3F218C

square

#8C2139 #6F8C21 #218C74 #3F218C

split-complementary

#8C2139 #218C3F #216F8C

monochromatic

#290A11 #5A1525 #8C2139 #BE2D4D #D6516F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#8C2139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8C2139 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2139

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2139	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3D39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 33, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.142 12.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4666f',
    500: '#8c2139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2139;
$custom-light: #b4666f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.542,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42937,
    "c": 0.14184,
    "h": 12.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2139

secondary

#4FB9A2

accent

#E5C143

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2139

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

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