#8C2A17#8C2A17

#8C2A17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.136 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2A17
RGB	rgb(140, 42, 23)
HSL	hsl(10, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(10, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70%, 83.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.47, 40.51, 34.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.47, 53.28, 40.51°)
OKLab	oklab(43.33% 0.1142 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(43.33% 0.136 33)
XYZ	xyz(11.7992, 7.2950, 1.5972)
Luminance	0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2A17 #17798C

analogous

#8C173E #8C2A17 #8C6517

triadic

#8C2A17 #178C2A #2A178C

tetradic

#8C2A17 #3E8C17 #17798C #65178C

square

#8C2A17 #3E8C17 #17798C #65178C

split-complementary

#8C2A17 #178C65 #173E8C

monochromatic

#230A06 #571A0E #8C2A17 #C13A20 #DF583E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#8C2A17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8C2A17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2A17

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2A17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2A17	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)

#473F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5412

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0727

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2a17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 42, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.136 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66a56',
    500: '#8c2a17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2a17;
$custom-light: #b66a56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2a17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.744,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43329,
    "c": 0.13617,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.07293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2A17

secondary

#3FABBF

accent

#D1EF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2A17

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

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