#8C291E#8C291E

#8C291E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.136 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C291E
RGB	rgb(140, 41, 30)
HSL	hsl(6, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 78.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.38, 41.19, 30.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.38, 51.31, 36.62°)
OKLab	oklab(43.29% 0.1178 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(43.29% 0.136 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8438, 7.2568, 2.0051)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C291E #1E818C

analogous

#8C1E4A #8C291E #8C601E

triadic

#8C291E #1E8C29 #291E8C

tetradic

#8C291E #4A8C1E #1E818C #601E8C

square

#8C291E #4A8C1E #1E818C #601E8C

split-complementary

#8C291E #1E8C60 #1E4A8C

monochromatic

#270B08 #5A1A13 #8C291E #BE3829 #D95A4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#8C291E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8C291E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C291E

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C291E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C291E	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)

#463E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E541A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0727

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c291e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 41, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.136 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5695a',
    500: '#8c291e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c291e;
$custom-light: #b5695a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c291e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43288,
    "c": 0.1358,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C291E

secondary

#4BB0BB

accent

#D7E840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C291E

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

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