#8C2A22#8C2A22

#8C2A22 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.134 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2A22
RGB	rgb(140, 42, 34)
HSL	hsl(5, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(5, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70%, 75.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.59, 40.94, 28.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.59, 49.86, 34.81°)
OKLab	oklab(43.46% 0.1178 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(43.46% 0.134 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9332, 7.3486, 2.3031)
Luminance	0.0735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2A22 #22848C

analogous

#8C224F #8C2A22 #8C5F22

triadic

#8C2A22 #228C2A #2A228C

tetradic

#8C2A22 #4F8C22 #22848C #5F228C

square

#8C2A22 #4F8C22 #22848C #5F228C

split-complementary

#8C2A22 #228C5F #224F8C

monochromatic

#2A0C0A #5B1B16 #8C2A22 #BD392E #D55D53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#8C2A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8C2A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2A22

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2A22	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463F20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E551F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0B29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 42, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.134 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56a5d',
    500: '#8c2a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2a22;
$custom-light: #b56a5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.528,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43456,
    "c": 0.13411,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2A22

secondary

#51B1B9

accent

#D8E444

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

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

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