#8C281B#8C281B

#8C281B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.137 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C281B
RGB	rgb(140, 40, 27)
HSL	hsl(7, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(7, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 80.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.20, 41.49, 32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.20, 52.48, 37.77°)
OKLab	oklab(43.14% 0.1181 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(43.14% 0.137 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.7732, 7.1739, 1.8015)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C281B #1B7F8C

analogous

#8C1B46 #8C281B #8C611B

triadic

#8C281B #1B8C28 #281B8C

tetradic

#8C281B #468C1B #1B7F8C #611B8C

square

#8C281B #468C1B #1B7F8C #611B8C

split-complementary

#8C281B #1B8C61 #1B468C

monochromatic

#250B07 #591911 #8C281B #BF3725 #DB5746

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#8C281B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8C281B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C281B

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C281B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C281B	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)

#453E19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5417

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0326

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c281b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 40, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.137 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66958',
    500: '#8c281b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c281b;
$custom-light: #b66958;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c281b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.903,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43139,
    "c": 0.1373,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C281B

secondary

#46AFBD

accent

#D7EB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C281B

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

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