#8C2B1D#8C2B1D

#8C2B1D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.134 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2B1D
RGB	rgb(140, 43, 29)
HSL	hsl(8, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(8, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 79.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.69, 40.29, 31.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.69, 51.15, 38.02°)
OKLab	oklab(43.51% 0.1148 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(43.51% 0.134 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.9022, 7.3937, 1.9626)
Luminance	0.0739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2B1D #1D7E8C

analogous

#8C1D46 #8C2B1D #8C621D

triadic

#8C2B1D #1D8C2B #2B1D8C

tetradic

#8C2B1D #468C1D #1D7E8C #621D8C

square

#8C2B1D #468C1D #1D7E8C #621D8C

split-complementary

#8C2B1D #1D8C62 #1D468C

monochromatic

#270C08 #591B12 #8C2B1D #BF3B28 #D95C4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#8C2B1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8C2B1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2B1D

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2B1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2B1D	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5519

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0C28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2b1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 43, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.134 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56a5a',
    500: '#8c2b1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2b1d;
$custom-light: #b56a5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2b1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.568,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43511,
    "c": 0.13406,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2B1D

secondary

#49ADBC

accent

#D3E93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2B1D

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

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