#8C2B18#8C2B18

#8C2B18 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.135 H 33.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2B18
RGB	rgb(140, 43, 24)
HSL	hsl(10, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(10, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 82.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.64, 40.11, 34.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.64, 52.73, 40.48°)
OKLab	oklab(43.46% 0.1132 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(43.46% 0.135 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.8453, 7.3709, 1.6630)
Luminance	0.0737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2B18 #18798C

analogous

#8C183F #8C2B18 #8C6518

triadic

#8C2B18 #188C2B #2B188C

tetradic

#8C2B18 #3F8C18 #18798C #65188C

square

#8C2B18 #3F8C18 #18798C #65188C

split-complementary

#8C2B18 #188C65 #183F8C

monochromatic

#240B06 #581B0F #8C2B18 #C03B21 #DE5A40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#8C2B18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8C2B18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2B18

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2B18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2B18	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5514

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0B27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2b18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 43, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.135 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66a57',
    500: '#8c2b18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2b18;
$custom-light: #b66a57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2b18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.828,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43458,
    "c": 0.13504,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2B18

secondary

#41AABF

accent

#D0ED3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2B18

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

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