#8C281A#8C281A

#8C281A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.137 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C281A
RGB	rgb(140, 40, 26)
HSL	hsl(7, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(7, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 81.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.19, 41.45, 32.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.19, 52.79, 38.27°)
OKLab	oklab(43.13% 0.1177 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(43.13% 0.137 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.7618, 7.1694, 1.7416)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C281A #1A7E8C

analogous

#8C1A45 #8C281A #8C611A

triadic

#8C281A #1A8C28 #281A8C

tetradic

#8C281A #458C1A #1A7E8C #611A8C

square

#8C281A #458C1A #1A7E8C #611A8C

split-complementary

#8C281A #1A8C61 #1A458C

monochromatic

#250B07 #581910 #8C281A #C03724 #DC5744

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#8C281A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8C281A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C281A

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C281A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C281A	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453E17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5416

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0226

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c281a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 40, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.137 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66958',
    500: '#8c281a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c281a;
$custom-light: #b66958;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c281a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.368,
    "s": 68.675,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43129,
    "c": 0.13748,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C281A

secondary

#44AFBE

accent

#D6EC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C281A

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

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