#8C2B16#8C2B16

#8C2B16 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.135 H 33.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8C2B16
RGBrgb(140, 43, 22)
HSLhsl(11, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(11, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 69.3%, 84.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(32.62, 40.04, 35.28)
CIE-LCHlch(32.62, 53.37, 41.38°)
OKLaboklab(43.44% 0.1126 0.0752)
OKLCHoklch(43.44% 0.135 33.7)
XYZxyz(11.8253, 7.3629, 1.5574)
Luminance0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8C2B16 #16778C
analogous
#8C163C #8C2B16 #8C6616
triadic
#8C2B16 #168C2B #2B168C
tetradic
#8C2B16 #3C8C16 #16778C #66168C
square
#8C2B16 #3C8C16 #16778C #66168C
split-complementary
#8C2B16 #168C66 #163C8C
monochromatic
#220B05 #571B0E #8C2B16 #C13B1E #E0593C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49
#8C2B16 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47
#8C2B16 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2B16
8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8C2B16#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8C2B161.008.492.478.49
#FFFFFF8.491.0021.001.00
#0000002.4721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.491.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#473F12
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5F5511
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9B0A27
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8c2b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 43, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.135 33.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66a55',
    500: '#8c2b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8c2b16;
$custom-light: #b66a55;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8c2b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.678,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43439,
    "c": 0.13543,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8C2B16
secondary
#3EA9C0
accent
#CFF038
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8EBE9
border
#D1C6C5
text
#130703
muted
#827A78

Preview Lab

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#8C2B16 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva