#8C232A#8C232A

#8C232A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.140 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C232A
RGB	rgb(140, 35, 42)
HSL	hsl(356, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(356, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 70%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.68, 44.14, 22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.68, 49.52, 26.94°)
OKLab	oklab(42.82% 0.1298 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(42.82% 0.14 22)
XYZ	xyz(11.8355, 6.9465, 2.9076)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C232A #238C85

analogous

#8C235F #8C232A #8C5123

triadic

#8C232A #2A8C23 #232A8C

tetradic

#8C232A #5F8C23 #238C85 #51238C

square

#8C232A #5F8C23 #238C85 #51238C

split-complementary

#8C232A #238C51 #235F8C

monochromatic

#2A0B0D #5B171B #8C232A #BD2F39 #D4555D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#8C232A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8C232A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C232A

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C232A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C232A	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c232a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 35, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.140 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56763',
    500: '#8c232a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c232a;
$custom-light: #b56763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c232a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42819,
    "c": 0.13993,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.06945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C232A

secondary

#52B8B2

accent

#E3D945

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C232A

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

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