#8C221B#8C221B

#8C221B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.143 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C221B
RGB	rgb(140, 34, 27)
HSL	hsl(4, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(4, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.7%, 80.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.35, 43.83, 31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.35, 53.84, 35.50°)
OKLab	oklab(42.5% 0.1254 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(42.5% 0.143 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.5864, 6.8004, 1.7392)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C221B #1B858C

analogous

#8C1B4C #8C221B #8C5B1B

triadic

#8C221B #1B8C22 #221B8C

tetradic

#8C221B #4C8C1B #1B858C #5B1B8C

square

#8C221B #4C8C1B #1B858C #5B1B8C

split-complementary

#8C221B #1B8C5B #1B4C8C

monochromatic

#250907 #591611 #8C221B #BF2E25 #DB4F46

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#8C221B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8C221B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C221B

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C221B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C221B	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)

#423B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5216

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c221b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 34, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.143 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66658',
    500: '#8c221b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c221b;
$custom-light: #b66658;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c221b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.717,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42503,
    "c": 0.14274,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C221B

secondary

#46B6BD

accent

#E0EB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C221B

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

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