#8C232C#8C232C

#8C232C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.140 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C232C
RGB	rgb(140, 35, 44)
HSL	hsl(355, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(355, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 68.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.72, 44.26, 21.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.72, 49.07, 25.59°)
OKLab	oklab(42.85% 0.1306 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(42.85% 0.14 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8722, 6.9611, 3.1009)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C232C #238C83

analogous

#8C2361 #8C232C #8C4F23

triadic

#8C232C #2C8C23 #232C8C

tetradic

#8C232C #618C23 #238C83 #4F238C

square

#8C232C #618C23 #238C83 #4F238C

split-complementary

#8C232C #238C4F #23618C

monochromatic

#2A0B0D #5B171D #8C232C #BD2F3B #D45560

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#8C232C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8C232C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C232C

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C232C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C232C	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)

#413C2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c232c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 35, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.140 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56765',
    500: '#8c232c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c232c;
$custom-light: #b56765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c232c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.857,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42854,
    "c": 0.13978,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C232C

secondary

#52B8B0

accent

#E3D645

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C232C

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

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