#8C281D#8C281D

#8C281D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.137 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C281D
RGB	rgb(140, 40, 29)
HSL	hsl(6, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 79.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.22, 41.56, 31.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.22, 51.86, 36.73°)
OKLab	oklab(43.16% 0.1187 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(43.16% 0.137 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7971, 7.1835, 1.9275)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C281D #1D818C

analogous

#8C1D49 #8C281D #8C5F1D

triadic

#8C281D #1D8C28 #281D8C

tetradic

#8C281D #498C1D #1D818C #5F1D8C

square

#8C281D #498C1D #1D818C #5F1D8C

split-complementary

#8C281D #1D8C5F #1D498C

monochromatic

#270B08 #591A12 #8C281D #BF3628 #D9584A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#8C281D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8C281D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C281D

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C281D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C281D	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453E1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0326

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c281d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 40, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.137 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5695a',
    500: '#8c281d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c281d;
$custom-light: #b5695a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c281d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.946,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43162,
    "c": 0.13694,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C281D

secondary

#49B0BC

accent

#D8E93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C281D

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

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