#8C221D#8C221D

#8C221D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.142 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C221D
RGB	rgb(140, 34, 29)
HSL	hsl(3, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.7%, 79.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.37, 43.91, 30.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.37, 53.24, 34.45°)
OKLab	oklab(42.53% 0.1261 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(42.53% 0.142 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6104, 6.8100, 1.8653)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C221D #1D878C

analogous

#8C1D4F #8C221D #8C591D

triadic

#8C221D #1D8C22 #221D8C

tetradic

#8C221D #4F8C1D #1D878C #591D8C

square

#8C221D #4F8C1D #1D878C #591D8C

split-complementary

#8C221D #1D8C59 #1D4F8C

monochromatic

#270908 #591612 #8C221D #BF2E28 #D9504A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#8C221D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8C221D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C221D

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C221D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C221D	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5219

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c221d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 34, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.142 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66659',
    500: '#8c221d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c221d;
$custom-light: #b66659;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c221d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.703,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42527,
    "c": 0.14244,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C221D

secondary

#49B7BC

accent

#E1E93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C221D

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

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