#8C241B#8C241B

#8C241B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.141 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C241B
RGB	rgb(140, 36, 27)
HSL	hsl(5, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 80.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.62, 43.08, 31.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.62, 53.39, 36.21°)
OKLab	oklab(42.71% 0.123 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(42.71% 0.141 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.6453, 6.9181, 1.7589)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C241B #1B838C

analogous

#8C1B4A #8C241B #8C5D1B

triadic

#8C241B #1B8C24 #241B8C

tetradic

#8C241B #4A8C1B #1B838C #5D1B8C

square

#8C241B #4A8C1B #1B838C #5D1B8C

split-complementary

#8C241B #1B8C5D #1B4A8C

monochromatic

#250A07 #591711 #8C241B #BF3125 #DB5246

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#8C241B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8C241B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C241B

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C241B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C241B	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)

#433C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5316

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c241b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 36, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.141 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66758',
    500: '#8c241b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c241b;
$custom-light: #b66758;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c241b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.779,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42706,
    "c": 0.14096,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C241B

secondary

#46B3BD

accent

#DDEB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C241B

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

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