#8C232F#8C232F

#8C232F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.140 H 19.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C232F
RGB	rgb(140, 35, 47)
HSL	hsl(353, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(353, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 66.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.77, 44.44, 19.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.77, 48.46, 23.51°)
OKLab	oklab(42.91% 0.1318 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(42.91% 0.14 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9306, 6.9845, 3.4087)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C232F #238C80

analogous

#8C2364 #8C232F #8C4C23

triadic

#8C232F #2F8C23 #232F8C

tetradic

#8C232F #648C23 #238C80 #4C238C

square

#8C232F #648C23 #238C80 #4C238C

split-complementary

#8C232F #238C4C #23648C

monochromatic

#2A0B0E #5B171F #8C232F #BD2F3F #D45563

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#8C232F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8C232F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C232F

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C232F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C232F	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403D2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B532C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c232f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 35, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.140 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46767',
    500: '#8c232f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c232f;
$custom-light: #b46767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c232f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.143,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42911,
    "c": 0.13962,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C232F

secondary

#52B8AD

accent

#E3D145

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C232F

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

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