#8C231D#8C231D

#8C231D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.142 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C231D
RGB	rgb(140, 35, 29)
HSL	hsl(3, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 79.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.50, 43.53, 30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.50, 53.02, 34.80°)
OKLab	oklab(42.63% 0.1249 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(42.63% 0.142 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.6394, 6.8680, 1.8750)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C231D #1D868C

analogous

#8C1D4E #8C231D #8C5A1D

triadic

#8C231D #1D8C23 #231D8C

tetradic

#8C231D #4E8C1D #1D868C #5A1D8C

square

#8C231D #4E8C1D #1D868C #5A1D8C

split-complementary

#8C231D #1D8C5A #1D4E8C

monochromatic

#270A08 #591612 #8C231D #BF3028 #D9524A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#8C231D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8C231D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C231D

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C231D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C231D	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)

#423C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5219

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c231d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 35, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.142 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6665a',
    500: '#8c231d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c231d;
$custom-light: #b6665a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c231d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.243,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42627,
    "c": 0.14155,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C231D

secondary

#49B5BC

accent

#DFE93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C231D

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

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