#8C282D#8C282D

#8C282D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.135 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C282D
RGB	rgb(140, 40, 45)
HSL	hsl(357, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(357, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 67.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.45, 42.36, 21.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.45, 47.48, 26.87°)
OKLab	oklab(43.4% 0.1247 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(43.4% 0.135 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0489, 7.2842, 3.2537)
Luminance	0.0728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C282D #288C87

analogous

#8C285F #8C282D #8C5528

triadic

#8C282D #2D8C28 #282D8C

tetradic

#8C282D #5F8C28 #288C87 #55288C

square

#8C282D #5F8C28 #288C87 #55288C

split-complementary

#8C282D #288C55 #285F8C

monochromatic

#2D0D0E #5C1A1E #8C282D #BC363C #D15E63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#8C282D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8C282D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C282D

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C282D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C282D	1.00	8.55	2.46	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D542A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0A2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c282d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 40, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.135 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46966',
    500: '#8c282d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c282d;
$custom-light: #b46966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c282d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43402,
    "c": 0.13462,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C282D

secondary

#5AB6B2

accent

#DFD749

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C282D

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

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