#8C251D#8C251D

#8C251D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.140 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C251D
RGB	rgb(140, 37, 29)
HSL	hsl(4, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(4, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.6%, 79.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.78, 42.77, 30.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.78, 52.56, 35.54°)
OKLab	oklab(42.83% 0.1225 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(42.83% 0.14 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.6999, 6.9891, 1.8951)
Luminance	0.0699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C251D #1D848C

analogous

#8C1D4D #8C251D #8C5C1D

triadic

#8C251D #1D8C25 #251D8C

tetradic

#8C251D #4D8C1D #1D848C #5C1D8C

square

#8C251D #4D8C1D #1D848C #5C1D8C

split-complementary

#8C251D #1D8C5C #1D4D8C

monochromatic

#270A08 #591812 #8C251D #BF3228 #D9544A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#8C251D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8C251D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C251D

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C251D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C251D	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5319

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c251d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 37, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.140 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6675a',
    500: '#8c251d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c251d;
$custom-light: #b6675a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c251d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.324,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42834,
    "c": 0.13974,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C251D

secondary

#49B3BC

accent

#DCE93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C251D

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

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