#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
RGB	rgb(140, 42, 22)
HSL	hsl(10, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(10, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70%, 84.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.46, 40.47, 35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.46, 53.59, 40.96°)
OKLab	oklab(43.32% 0.1139 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(43.32% 0.136 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7894, 7.2911, 1.5454)
Luminance	0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##8C2A16	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2A16

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

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