#8C241C#8C241C

#8C241C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.141 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C241C
RGB	rgb(140, 36, 28)
HSL	hsl(4, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(4, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 80%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.63, 43.12, 30.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.63, 53.09, 35.70°)
OKLab	oklab(42.72% 0.1234 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(42.72% 0.141 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.6571, 6.9228, 1.8208)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C241C #1C848C

analogous

#8C1C4C #8C241C #8C5C1C

triadic

#8C241C #1C8C24 #241C8C

tetradic

#8C241C #4C8C1C #1C848C #5C1C8C

square

#8C241C #4C8C1C #1C848C #5C1C8C

split-complementary

#8C241C #1C8C5C #1C4C8C

monochromatic

#260A08 #591712 #8C241C #BF3126 #DA5248

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#8C241C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8C241C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C241C

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C241C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C241C	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)

#433C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5318

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c241c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 36, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.141 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66759',
    500: '#8c241c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c241c;
$custom-light: #b66759;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c241c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42717,
    "c": 0.14081,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C241C

secondary

#48B4BC

accent

#DDEA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C241C

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

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