#8C232E#8C232E

#8C232E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.140 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C232E
RGB	rgb(140, 35, 46)
HSL	hsl(354, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 67.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.75, 44.38, 19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.75, 48.66, 24.21°)
OKLab	oklab(42.89% 0.1314 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(42.89% 0.14 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9107, 6.9765, 3.3037)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C232E #238C81

analogous

#8C2363 #8C232E #8C4D23

triadic

#8C232E #2E8C23 #232E8C

tetradic

#8C232E #638C23 #238C81 #4D238C

square

#8C232E #638C23 #238C81 #4D238C

split-complementary

#8C232E #238C4D #23638C

monochromatic

#2A0B0E #5B171E #8C232E #BD2F3E #D45562

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#8C232E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8C232E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C232E

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C232E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C232E	1.00	8.77	2.40	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c232e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 35, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.140 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46766',
    500: '#8c232e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c232e;
$custom-light: #b46766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c232e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.714,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42892,
    "c": 0.13967,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C232E

secondary

#52B8AE

accent

#E3D345

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C232E

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

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