#8C2115#8C2115

#8C2115 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.144 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2115
RGB	rgb(140, 33, 21)
HSL	hsl(6, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(6, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 85%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.16, 44.00, 34.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.16, 55.88, 38.05°)
OKLab	oklab(42.34% 0.1247 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(42.34% 0.144 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.4958, 6.7191, 1.4009)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2115 #15808C

analogous

#8C1545 #8C2115 #8C5D15

triadic

#8C2115 #158C21 #21158C

tetradic

#8C2115 #458C15 #15808C #5D158C

square

#8C2115 #458C15 #15808C #5D158C

split-complementary

#8C2115 #158C5D #15458C

monochromatic

#220805 #57140D #8C2115 #C12E1D #E14B3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#8C2115 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8C2115 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2115

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2115	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2115	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423A12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C520F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2115;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 33, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.144 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66554',
    500: '#8c2115',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2115;
$custom-light: #b66554;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2115",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.05,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42343,
    "c": 0.14449,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2115

secondary

#3DB3C0

accent

#DEF137

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2115

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

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