#8C282C#8C282C

#8C282C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.135 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C282C
RGB	rgb(140, 40, 44)
HSL	hsl(358, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(358, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 68.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.43, 42.30, 22.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.43, 47.71, 27.56°)
OKLab	oklab(43.38% 0.1243 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(43.38% 0.135 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0299, 7.2766, 3.1535)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C282C #288C88

analogous

#8C285E #8C282C #8C5628

triadic

#8C282C #2C8C28 #282C8C

tetradic

#8C282C #5E8C28 #288C88 #56288C

square

#8C282C #5E8C28 #288C88 #56288C

split-complementary

#8C282C #288C56 #285E8C

monochromatic

#2D0D0E #5C1A1D #8C282C #BC363B #D15E62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#8C282C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8C282C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C282C

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C282C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C282C	1.00	8.55	2.45	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0A2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c282c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 40, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.135 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46965',
    500: '#8c282c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c282c;
$custom-light: #b46965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c282c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.6,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43384,
    "c": 0.13472,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C282C

secondary

#5AB6B3

accent

#DFD949

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C282C

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

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