#8C241E#8C241E

#8C241E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.141 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C241E
RGB	rgb(140, 36, 30)
HSL	hsl(3, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 78.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.65, 43.19, 29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.65, 52.49, 34.62°)
OKLab	oklab(42.74% 0.1241 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(42.74% 0.141 28)
XYZ	xyz(11.6818, 6.9327, 1.9511)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C241E #1E868C

analogous

#8C1E4F #8C241E #8C5B1E

triadic

#8C241E #1E8C24 #241E8C

tetradic

#8C241E #4F8C1E #1E868C #5B1E8C

square

#8C241E #4F8C1E #1E868C #5B1E8C

split-complementary

#8C241E #1E8C5B #1E4F8C

monochromatic

#270A08 #5A1713 #8C241E #BE3129 #D9534C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#8C241E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8C241E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C241E

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C241E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C241E	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c241e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 36, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.141 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6675a',
    500: '#8c241e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c241e;
$custom-light: #b6675a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c241e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.273,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42741,
    "c": 0.1405,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.06931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C241E

secondary

#4BB5BB

accent

#DFE840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C241E

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