#8C241A#8C241A

#8C241A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.141 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C241A
RGB	rgb(140, 36, 26)
HSL	hsl(5, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 81.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.61, 43.04, 32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.61, 53.70, 36.72°)
OKLab	oklab(42.7% 0.1227 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(42.7% 0.141 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6339, 6.9136, 1.6990)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C241A #1A828C

analogous

#8C1A49 #8C241A #8C5D1A

triadic

#8C241A #1A8C24 #241A8C

tetradic

#8C241A #498C1A #1A828C #5D1A8C

square

#8C241A #498C1A #1A828C #5D1A8C

split-complementary

#8C241A #1A8C5D #1A498C

monochromatic

#250907 #581710 #8C241A #C03124 #DC5144

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#8C241A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8C241A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C241A

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C241A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C241A	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5315

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c241a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 36, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.141 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66757',
    500: '#8c241a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c241a;
$custom-light: #b66757;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c241a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.263,
    "s": 68.675,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42695,
    "c": 0.14113,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C241A

secondary

#44B3BE

accent

#DCEC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C241A

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

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