#8C293B#8C293B

#8C293B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.133 H 14.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C293B
RGB	rgb(140, 41, 59)
HSL	hsl(349, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(349, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 57.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.87, 42.92, 12.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.87, 44.84, 16.84°)
OKLab	oklab(43.81% 0.1292 0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(43.81% 0.133 14.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.3987, 7.4788, 4.9275)
Luminance	0.0748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C293B #298C7A

analogous

#8C296C #8C293B #8C4829

triadic

#8C293B #3B8C29 #293B8C

tetradic

#8C293B #6C8C29 #298C7A #48298C

square

#8C293B #6C8C29 #298C7A #48298C

split-complementary

#8C293B #298C48 #296C8C

monochromatic

#2D0D13 #5D1B27 #8C293B #BB374F #D05F74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#8C293B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8C293B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C293B

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C293B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C293B	1.00	8.42	2.50	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#42403B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#991330

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c293b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 41, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.133 14.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36a70',
    500: '#8c293b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c293b;
$custom-light: #b36a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c293b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.091,
    "s": 54.696,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4381,
    "c": 0.13322,
    "h": 14.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C293B

secondary

#5BB6A5

accent

#DEC34A

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C293B

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

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