#8C281E#8C281E

#8C281E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.137 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8C281E
RGBrgb(140, 40, 30)
HSLhsl(5, 65%, 33%)
HSVhsv(5, 79%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 71.4%, 78.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(32.23, 41.60, 30.44)
CIE-LCHlch(32.23, 51.55, 36.20°)
OKLaboklab(43.17% 0.1191 0.0673)
OKLCHoklch(43.17% 0.137 29.5)
XYZxyz(11.8097, 7.1885, 1.9937)
Luminance0.0719 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8C281E #1E828C
analogous
#8C1E4B #8C281E #8C5F1E
triadic
#8C281E #1E8C28 #281E8C
tetradic
#8C281E #4B8C1E #1E828C #5F1E8C
square
#8C281E #4B8C1E #1E828C #5F1E8C
split-complementary
#8C281E #1E8C5F #1E4B8C
monochromatic
#270B08 #5A1A13 #8C281E #BE3629 #D9594C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62
#8C281E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44
#8C281E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C281E
8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8C281E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8C281E1.008.622.448.62
#FFFFFF8.621.0021.001.00
#0000002.4421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.621.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#453E1C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5E541A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9A0427
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8c281e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 40, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.137 29.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5695a',
    500: '#8c281e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8c281e;
$custom-light: #b5695a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8c281e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43174,
    "c": 0.13676,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8C281E
secondary
#4BB1BB
accent
#D8E840
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8EBE9
border
#D1C6C5
text
#130704
muted
#827A79

Preview Lab

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#8C281E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva