#8C232B#8C232B

#8C232B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.140 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C232B
RGB	rgb(140, 35, 43)
HSL	hsl(355, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(355, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 69.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.70, 44.20, 21.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.70, 49.29, 26.27°)
OKLab	oklab(42.84% 0.1302 0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(42.84% 0.14 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.8536, 6.9537, 3.0031)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C232B #238C84

analogous

#8C2360 #8C232B #8C5023

triadic

#8C232B #2B8C23 #232B8C

tetradic

#8C232B #608C23 #238C84 #50238C

square

#8C232B #608C23 #238C84 #50238C

split-complementary

#8C232B #238C50 #23608C

monochromatic

#2A0B0D #5B171C #8C232B #BD2F3A #D4555F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#8C232B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8C232B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C232B

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C232B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C232B	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)

#413C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c232b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 35, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.140 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56764',
    500: '#8c232b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c232b;
$custom-light: #b56764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c232b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.429,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42836,
    "c": 0.13985,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C232B

secondary

#52B8B1

accent

#E3D745

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C232B

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

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