#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
RGBrgb(140, 33, 21)
HSLhsl(6, 74%, 32%)
HSVhsv(6, 85%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 76.4%, 85%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(31.16, 44.00, 34.44)
CIE-LCHlch(31.16, 55.88, 38.05°)
OKLaboklab(42.34% 0.1247 0.073)
OKLCHoklch(42.34% 0.144 30.3)
XYZxyz(11.4958, 6.7191, 1.4009)
Luminance0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##8C21151.008.962.348.96
#FFFFFF8.961.0021.001.00
#0000002.3421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.961.0021.001.00

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

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#8C2115 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva