#8C291B#8C291B

#8C291B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.136 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C291B
RGB	rgb(140, 41, 27)
HSL	hsl(7, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(7, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 80.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.35, 41.07, 32.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.35, 52.25, 38.18°)
OKLab	oklab(43.25% 0.1168 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(43.25% 0.136 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.8073, 7.2422, 1.8129)
Luminance	0.0724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C291B #1B7E8C

analogous

#8C1B45 #8C291B #8C621B

triadic

#8C291B #1B8C29 #291B8C

tetradic

#8C291B #458C1B #1B7E8C #621B8C

square

#8C291B #458C1B #1B7E8C #621B8C

split-complementary

#8C291B #1B8C62 #1B458C

monochromatic

#250B07 #591A11 #8C291B #BF3825 #DB5946

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#8C291B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8C291B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C291B

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C291B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C291B	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)

#463E19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5417

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0627

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c291b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 41, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.136 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56958',
    500: '#8c291b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c291b;
$custom-light: #b56958;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c291b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.434,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43254,
    "c": 0.13636,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C291B

secondary

#46AEBD

accent

#D5EB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C291B

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

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