#8C231E#8C231E

#8C231E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.141 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C231E
RGB	rgb(140, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(3, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 78.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.52, 43.57, 29.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.52, 52.72, 34.26°)
OKLab	oklab(42.64% 0.1252 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(42.64% 0.141 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6520, 6.8730, 1.9411)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C231E #1E878C

analogous

#8C1E50 #8C231E #8C5A1E

triadic

#8C231E #1E8C23 #231E8C

tetradic

#8C231E #508C1E #1E878C #5A1E8C

square

#8C231E #508C1E #1E878C #5A1E8C

split-complementary

#8C231E #1E8C5A #1E508C

monochromatic

#270A08 #5A1613 #8C231E #BE3029 #D9524C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#8C231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8C231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C231E

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C231E	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)

#423C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.141 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6665a',
    500: '#8c231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c231e;
$custom-light: #b6665a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.727,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42639,
    "c": 0.1414,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C231E

secondary

#4BB6BB

accent

#E0E840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C231E

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