#8C221E#8C221E

#8C221E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.142 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C221E
RGB	rgb(140, 34, 30)
HSL	hsl(2, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.7%, 78.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.38, 43.94, 29.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.38, 52.95, 33.90°)
OKLab	oklab(42.54% 0.1264 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(42.54% 0.142 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.6229, 6.8150, 1.9315)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8C221E #1E888C

analogous

#8C1E51 #8C221E #8C591E

triadic

#8C221E #1E8C22 #221E8C

tetradic

#8C221E #518C1E #1E888C #591E8C

square

#8C221E #518C1E #1E888C #591E8C

split-complementary

#8C221E #1E8C59 #1E518C

monochromatic

#270A08 #5A1613 #8C221E #BE2E29 #D9514C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#8C221E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8C221E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C221E

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C221E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C221E	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)

#423B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c221e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 34, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.142 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6665a',
    500: '#8c221e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c221e;
$custom-light: #b6665a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c221e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.182,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42539,
    "c": 0.14229,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C221E

secondary

#4BB7BB

accent

#E2E840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C221E

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

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