#8C2829#8C2829

#8C2829 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.135 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2829
RGB	rgb(140, 40, 41)
HSL	hsl(359, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(359, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 70.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.38, 42.13, 23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.38, 48.44, 29.58°)
OKLab	oklab(43.33% 0.1231 0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(43.33% 0.135 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9755, 7.2549, 2.8671)
Luminance	0.0725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2829 #288C8B

analogous

#8C285B #8C2829 #8C5928

triadic

#8C2829 #298C28 #28298C

tetradic

#8C2829 #5B8C28 #288C8B #59288C

square

#8C2829 #5B8C28 #288C8B #59288C

split-complementary

#8C2829 #288C59 #285B8C

monochromatic

#2D0D0D #5C1A1B #8C2829 #BC3637 #D15E5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#8C2829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8C2829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2829

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2829	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0829

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 40, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.135 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56962',
    500: '#8c2829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2829;
$custom-light: #b56962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.4,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43332,
    "c": 0.13506,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2829

secondary

#5AB6B5

accent

#DFDD49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2829

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

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