#8C2A18#8C2A18

#8C2A18 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.136 H 32.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2A18
RGB	rgb(140, 42, 24)
HSL	hsl(9, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(9, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70%, 82.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.48, 40.54, 34.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.48, 52.96, 40.05°)
OKLab	oklab(43.34% 0.1145 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(43.34% 0.136 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8094, 7.2991, 1.6510)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2A18 #187A8C

analogous

#8C1840 #8C2A18 #8C6418

triadic

#8C2A18 #188C2A #2A188C

tetradic

#8C2A18 #408C18 #187A8C #64188C

square

#8C2A18 #408C18 #187A8C #64188C

split-complementary

#8C2A18 #188C64 #18408C

monochromatic

#240B06 #581A0F #8C2A18 #C03A21 #DE5940

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#8C2A18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8C2A18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2A18

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2A18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2A18	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)

#473F15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5413

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0827

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2a18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 42, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.136 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66a56',
    500: '#8c2a18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2a18;
$custom-light: #b66a56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2a18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.31,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43339,
    "c": 0.13598,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2A18

secondary

#41ABBF

accent

#D2ED3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2A18

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

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