#8C2A2B#8C2A2B

#8C2A2B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.133 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2A2B
RGB	rgb(140, 42, 43)
HSL	hsl(359, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(359, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70%, 69.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.72, 41.40, 23.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.72, 47.40, 29.12°)
OKLab	oklab(43.59% 0.1213 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(43.59% 0.133 24)
XYZ	xyz(12.0805, 7.4075, 3.0787)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2A2B #2A8C8B

analogous

#8C2A5C #8C2A2B #8C5A2A

triadic

#8C2A2B #2B8C2A #2A2B8C

tetradic

#8C2A2B #5C8C2A #2A8C8B #5A2A8C

square

#8C2A2B #5C8C2A #2A8C8B #5A2A8C

split-complementary

#8C2A2B #2A8C5A #2A5C8C

monochromatic

#2E0E0E #5D1C1D #8C2A2B #BB3839 #D06162

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#8C2A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8C2A2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2A2B

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2A2B	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45402A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0E2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 42, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.133 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46a64',
    500: '#8c2a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2a2b;
$custom-light: #b46a64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.388,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43594,
    "c": 0.13273,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.07406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2A2B

secondary

#5CB5B5

accent

#DDDC4B

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2A2B

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

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