#8C2A16#8C2A16

#8C2A16 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.136 H 33.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8C2A16
RGBrgb(140, 42, 22)
HSLhsl(10, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(10, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 70%, 84.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(32.46, 40.47, 35.13)
CIE-LCHlch(32.46, 53.59, 40.96°)
OKLaboklab(43.32% 0.1139 0.0749)
OKLCHoklch(43.32% 0.136 33.3)
XYZxyz(11.7894, 7.2911, 1.5454)
Luminance0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8C2A16 #16788C
analogous
#8C163D #8C2A16 #8C6516
triadic
#8C2A16 #168C2A #2A168C
tetradic
#8C2A16 #3D8C16 #16788C #65168C
square
#8C2A16 #3D8C16 #16788C #65168C
split-complementary
#8C2A16 #168C65 #163D8C
monochromatic
#220A05 #571A0E #8C2A16 #C13A1E #E0583C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54
#8C2A16 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46
#8C2A16 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2A16
8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8C2A16#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8C2A161.008.542.468.54
#FFFFFF8.541.0021.001.00
#0000002.4621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.541.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#473F13
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5F5411
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9B0726
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8c2a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 42, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.136 33.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66a55',
    500: '#8c2a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8c2a16;
$custom-light: #b66a55;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8c2a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.169,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4332,
    "c": 0.13635,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8C2A16
secondary
#3EAAC0
accent
#D0F038
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8EBE9
border
#D1C6C5
text
#130703
muted
#827A78

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#8C2A16 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva