#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
RGB	rgb(140, 32, 23)
HSL	hsl(5, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(5, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 83.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.05, 44.42, 33.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.05, 55.48, 36.81°)
OKLab	oklab(42.27% 0.1264 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(42.27% 0.145 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.4878, 6.6722, 1.4934)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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
##8C2017	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)

#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

Preview with #8C2017

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

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