#8C2017#8C2017

#8C2017 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.145 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8C2017
RGBrgb(140, 32, 23)
HSLhsl(5, 72%, 32%)
HSVhsv(5, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 77.1%, 83.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(31.05, 44.42, 33.24)
CIE-LCHlch(31.05, 55.48, 36.81°)
OKLaboklab(42.27% 0.1264 0.0711)
OKLCHoklch(42.27% 0.145 29.4)
XYZxyz(11.4878, 6.6722, 1.4934)
Luminance0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8C2017 #17838C
analogous
#8C1749 #8C2017 #8C5A17
triadic
#8C2017 #178C20 #20178C
tetradic
#8C2017 #498C17 #17838C #5A178C
square
#8C2017 #498C17 #17838C #5A178C
split-complementary
#8C2017 #178C5A #17498C
monochromatic
#230806 #57140E #8C2017 #C12C20 #DF4A3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00
#8C2017 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33
#8C2017 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2017
9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8C2017#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8C20171.009.002.339.00
#FFFFFF9.001.0021.001.00
#0000002.3321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.001.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#413A15
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5C5211
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9B001F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8c2017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 32, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.145 29.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66555',
    500: '#8c2017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8c2017;
$custom-light: #b66555;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8c2017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42267,
    "c": 0.14502,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8C2017
secondary
#3FB6BF
accent
#E1EF39
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8EBE9
border
#D1C6C5
text
#130603
muted
#827A78

Preview Lab

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#8C2017 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva