#8C291A#8C291A
#8C291A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.137 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8C291A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(140, 41, 26) |
| HSL | hsl(8, 69%, 33%) |
| HSV | hsv(8, 81%, 55%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 81.4%, 45.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(32.34, 41.03, 32.85) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(32.34, 52.56, 38.68°) |
| OKLab | oklab(43.24% 0.1164 0.0713) |
| OKLCH | oklch(43.24% 0.137 31.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(11.7960, 7.2377, 1.7530) |
| Luminance | 0.0724 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Red Brown
#8B2E16
ΔE00 2.47
Brick Red
#8F1402
ΔE00 4.02
Indian Red
#850E04
ΔE00 4.37
Brownish Red
#9E3623
ΔE00 4.63
Blood Red
#980002
ΔE00 4.77
Darkred
#8B0000
ΔE00 4.86
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8C291A #1A7D8C
analogous
#8C1A44 #8C291A #8C621A
triadic
#8C291A #1A8C29 #291A8C
tetradic
#8C291A #448C1A #1A7D8C #621A8C
square
#8C291A #448C1A #1A7D8C #621A8C
split-complementary
#8C291A #1A8C62 #1A448C
monochromatic
#250B07 #581A10 #8C291A #C03824 #DC5844
Accessibility & contrast
On white
8.58
#8C291A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
On black
2.45
#8C291A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #8C291A
8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8C291A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8C291A | 1.00 | 8.58 | 2.45 | 8.58 |
| #FFFFFF | 8.58 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
| #000000 | 2.45 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| ##FFFFFF | 8.58 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#463E17
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5E5416
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9B0526
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4C4C4C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8c291a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 41, 26); /* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.137 31.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b66958',
500: '#8c291a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8c291a; $custom-light: #b66958; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8c291a",
"rgb": {
"r": 140,
"g": 41,
"b": 26
},
"hsl": {
"h": 7.895,
"s": 68.675,
"l": 32.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.43243,
"c": 0.13654,
"h": 31.5
},
"luminance": 0.07236
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8C291A
secondary
#44AEBE
accent
#D4EC3C
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8EBE9
border
#D1C6C5
text
#130703
muted
#827A78