#8C282F#8C282F

#8C282F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.134 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C282F
RGB	rgb(140, 40, 47)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 66.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.48, 42.48, 20.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.48, 47.05, 25.47°)
OKLab	oklab(43.44% 0.1256 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(43.44% 0.134 21)
XYZ	xyz(12.0883, 7.3000, 3.4613)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C282F #288C85

analogous

#8C2861 #8C282F #8C5328

triadic

#8C282F #2F8C28 #282F8C

tetradic

#8C282F #618C28 #288C85 #53288C

square

#8C282F #618C28 #288C85 #53288C

split-complementary

#8C282F #288C53 #28618C

monochromatic

#2D0D0F #5C1A1F #8C282F #BC363F #D15E66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#8C282F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8C282F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C282F

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C282F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C282F	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)

#433F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0B2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c282f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 40, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.134 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46967',
    500: '#8c282f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c282f;
$custom-light: #b46967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c282f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.8,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43439,
    "c": 0.13446,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.07298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C282F

secondary

#5AB6B0

accent

#DFD449

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C282F

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

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