#8C221A#8C221A

#8C221A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.143 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C221A
RGB	rgb(140, 34, 26)
HSL	hsl(4, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(4, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.7%, 81.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.34, 43.79, 31.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.34, 54.14, 36.01°)
OKLab	oklab(42.49% 0.1251 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(42.49% 0.143 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.5751, 6.7959, 1.6793)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C221A #1A848C

analogous

#8C1A4B #8C221A #8C5B1A

triadic

#8C221A #1A8C22 #221A8C

tetradic

#8C221A #4B8C1A #1A848C #5B1A8C

square

#8C221A #4B8C1A #1A848C #5B1A8C

split-complementary

#8C221A #1A8C5B #1A4B8C

monochromatic

#250907 #581510 #8C221A #C02F24 #DC4F44

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#8C221A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8C221A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C221A

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C221A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C221A	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5215

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c221a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 34, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.143 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66657',
    500: '#8c221a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c221a;
$custom-light: #b66657;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c221a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.211,
    "s": 68.675,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42492,
    "c": 0.14289,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C221A

secondary

#44B5BE

accent

#DFEC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C221A

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

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