#8C291C#8C291C

#8C291C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.136 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C291C
RGB	rgb(140, 41, 28)
HSL	hsl(7, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(7, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 80%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.36, 41.11, 31.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.36, 51.93, 37.67°)
OKLab	oklab(43.27% 0.1171 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(43.27% 0.136 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.8191, 7.2469, 1.8748)
Luminance	0.0725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C291C #1C7F8C

analogous

#8C1C47 #8C291C #8C611C

triadic

#8C291C #1C8C29 #291C8C

tetradic

#8C291C #478C1C #1C7F8C #611C8C

square

#8C291C #478C1C #1C7F8C #611C8C

split-complementary

#8C291C #1C8C61 #1C478C

monochromatic

#260B08 #591A12 #8C291C #BF3826 #DA5948

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#8C291C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8C291C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C291C

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C291C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C291C	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463E1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5418

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0627

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c291c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 41, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.136 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56959',
    500: '#8c291c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c291c;
$custom-light: #b56959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c291c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.964,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43265,
    "c": 0.13617,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C291C

secondary

#48AFBC

accent

#D6EA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C291C

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

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