#8C2117#8C2117

#8C2117 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.144 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2117
RGB	rgb(140, 33, 23)
HSL	hsl(5, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(5, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 83.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.18, 44.06, 33.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.18, 55.27, 37.14°)
OKLab	oklab(42.36% 0.1253 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(42.36% 0.144 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.5151, 6.7268, 1.5025)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2117 #17828C

analogous

#8C1748 #8C2117 #8C5C17

triadic

#8C2117 #178C21 #21178C

tetradic

#8C2117 #488C17 #17828C #5C178C

square

#8C2117 #488C17 #17828C #5C178C

split-complementary

#8C2117 #178C5C #17488C

monochromatic

#230806 #57150E #8C2117 #C12D20 #DF4C3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#8C2117 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8C2117 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2117

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2117	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2117	1.00	8.96	2.35	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5212

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2117;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 33, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.144 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66555',
    500: '#8c2117',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2117;
$custom-light: #b66555;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2117",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.128,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42362,
    "c": 0.14419,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2117

secondary

#3FB4BF

accent

#DFEF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2117

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

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