#8C2C17#8C2C17

#8C2C17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.134 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8C2C17
RGBrgb(140, 44, 23)
HSLhsl(11, 72%, 32%)
HSVhsv(11, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 68.6%, 83.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(32.79, 39.64, 34.91)
CIE-LCHlch(32.79, 52.82, 41.37°)
OKLaboklab(43.57% 0.1115 0.0748)
OKLCHoklch(43.57% 0.134 33.8)
XYZxyz(11.8719, 7.4404, 1.6215)
Luminance0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8C2C17 #17778C
analogous
#8C173D #8C2C17 #8C6717
triadic
#8C2C17 #178C2C #2C178C
tetradic
#8C2C17 #3D8C17 #17778C #67178C
square
#8C2C17 #3D8C17 #17778C #67178C
split-complementary
#8C2C17 #178C67 #173D8C
monochromatic
#230B06 #571B0E #8C2C17 #C13D20 #DF5B3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44
#8C2C17 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49
#8C2C17 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2C17
8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8C2C17#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8C2C171.008.442.498.44
#FFFFFF8.441.0021.001.00
#0000002.4921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.441.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#484014
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#605513
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9B0D28
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8c2c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 44, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.134 33.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66b56',
    500: '#8c2c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8c2c17;
$custom-light: #b66b56;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8c2c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.769,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4357,
    "c": 0.13429,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8C2C17
secondary
#3FA8BF
accent
#CEEF39
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8EBE9
border
#D1C6C5
text
#130703
muted
#827A78

Preview Lab

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#8C2C17 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva