#8C2016#8C2016

#8C2016 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.145 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2016
RGB	rgb(140, 32, 22)
HSL	hsl(5, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(5, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 84.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.04, 44.39, 33.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.04, 55.78, 37.28°)
OKLab	oklab(42.26% 0.1261 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(42.26% 0.145 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.4779, 6.6682, 1.4416)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2016 #16828C

analogous

#8C1647 #8C2016 #8C5B16

triadic

#8C2016 #168C20 #20168C

tetradic

#8C2016 #478C16 #16828C #5B168C

square

#8C2016 #478C16 #16828C #5B168C

split-complementary

#8C2016 #168C5B #16478C

monochromatic

#220805 #57140E #8C2016 #C12C1E #E04A3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#8C2016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8C2016 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2016

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2016	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413A13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5210

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 32, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.145 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66555',
    500: '#8c2016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2016;
$custom-light: #b66555;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.085,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42257,
    "c": 0.14518,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2016

secondary

#3EB5C0

accent

#E0F038

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2016

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

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