#8C282E#8C282E

#8C282E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.135 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C282E
RGB	rgb(140, 40, 46)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 67.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.46, 42.42, 20.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.46, 47.26, 26.17°)
OKLab	oklab(43.42% 0.1251 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(43.42% 0.135 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0684, 7.2920, 3.3563)
Luminance	0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C282E #288C86

analogous

#8C2860 #8C282E #8C5428

triadic

#8C282E #2E8C28 #282E8C

tetradic

#8C282E #608C28 #288C86 #54288C

square

#8C282E #608C28 #288C86 #54288C

split-complementary

#8C282E #288C54 #28608C

monochromatic

#2D0D0F #5C1A1E #8C282E #BC363E #D15E64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#8C282E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8C282E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C282E

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C282E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C282E	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D542B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0B2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c282e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 40, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.135 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46966',
    500: '#8c282e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c282e;
$custom-light: #b46966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c282e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.4,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4342,
    "c": 0.13454,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C282E

secondary

#5AB6B1

accent

#DFD649

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C282E

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

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