#8C2116#8C2116

#8C2116 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.144 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2116
RGB	rgb(140, 33, 22)
HSL	hsl(6, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(6, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 84.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.17, 44.03, 33.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.17, 55.57, 37.60°)
OKLab	oklab(42.35% 0.125 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(42.35% 0.144 30)
XYZ	xyz(11.5053, 6.7229, 1.4508)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2116 #16818C

analogous

#8C1646 #8C2116 #8C5C16

triadic

#8C2116 #168C21 #21168C

tetradic

#8C2116 #468C16 #16818C #5C168C

square

#8C2116 #468C16 #16818C #5C168C

split-complementary

#8C2116 #168C5C #16468C

monochromatic

#220805 #57150E #8C2116 #C12D1E #E04B3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#8C2116 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8C2116 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2116

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2116	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2116	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)

#423A13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5210

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2116;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 33, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.144 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66555',
    500: '#8c2116',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2116;
$custom-light: #b66555;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2116",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.593,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42353,
    "c": 0.14434,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.06721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2116

secondary

#3EB4C0

accent

#DEF038

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2116

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

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