#8C241F#8C241F

#8C241F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.140 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C241F
RGB	rgb(140, 36, 31)
HSL	hsl(3, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(3, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 77.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.67, 43.23, 29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.67, 52.19, 34.07°)
OKLab	oklab(42.75% 0.1244 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(42.75% 0.14 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6948, 6.9379, 2.0194)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C241F #1F878C

analogous

#8C1F50 #8C241F #8C5A1F

triadic

#8C241F #1F8C24 #241F8C

tetradic

#8C241F #508C1F #1F878C #5A1F8C

square

#8C241F #508C1F #1F878C #5A1F8C

split-complementary

#8C241F #1F8C5A #1F508C

monochromatic

#280A09 #5A1714 #8C241F #BE312A #D8544E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#8C241F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8C241F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C241F

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C241F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C241F	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)

#433C1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c241f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 36, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.140 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5675b',
    500: '#8c241f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c241f;
$custom-light: #b5675b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c241f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.752,
    "s": 63.743,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42754,
    "c": 0.14034,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C241F

secondary

#4CB5BB

accent

#DFE741

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C241F

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