#8C2B2E#8C2B2E

#8C2B2E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.131 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2B2E
RGB	rgb(140, 43, 46)
HSL	hsl(358, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(358, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 67.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.92, 41.16, 21.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.92, 46.40, 27.50°)
OKLab	oklab(43.77% 0.1211 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(43.77% 0.131 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.1735, 7.5022, 3.3913)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2B2E #2B8C89

analogous

#8C2B5E #8C2B2E #8C582B

triadic

#8C2B2E #2E8C2B #2B2E8C

tetradic

#8C2B2E #5E8C2B #2B8C89 #582B8C

square

#8C2B2E #5E8C2B #2B8C89 #582B8C

split-complementary

#8C2B2E #2B8C58 #2B5E8C

monochromatic

#2E0E0F #5D1D1F #8C2B2E #BB393D #CF6266

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#8C2B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8C2B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2B2E

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2B2E	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45402D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E552B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A122D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 43, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.131 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46b66',
    500: '#8c2b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2b2e;
$custom-light: #b46b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.144,
    "s": 53.005,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43765,
    "c": 0.13132,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2B2E

secondary

#5EB5B2

accent

#DCD84B

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2B2E

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

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