#8C2D16#8C2D16

#8C2D16 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.134 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8C2D16
RGBrgb(140, 45, 22)
HSLhsl(12, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(12, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 67.9%, 84.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(32.95, 39.16, 35.58)
CIE-LCHlch(32.95, 52.91, 42.26°)
OKLaboklab(43.68% 0.1099 0.0759)
OKLCHoklch(43.68% 0.134 34.6)
XYZxyz(11.8998, 7.5119, 1.5823)
Luminance0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8C2D16 #16758C
analogous
#8C163A #8C2D16 #8C6816
triadic
#8C2D16 #168C2D #2D168C
tetradic
#8C2D16 #3A8C16 #16758C #68168C
square
#8C2D16 #3A8C16 #16758C #68168C
split-complementary
#8C2D16 #168C68 #163A8C
monochromatic
#220B05 #571C0E #8C2D16 #C13E1E #E05C3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39
#8C2D16 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50
#8C2D16 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2D16
8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8C2D16#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8C2D161.008.392.508.39
#FFFFFF8.391.0021.001.00
#0000002.5021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.391.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#494012
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#605511
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9B1029
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8c2d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 45, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.134 34.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66b55',
    500: '#8c2d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8c2d16;
$custom-light: #b66b55;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8c2d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.695,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43684,
    "c": 0.13355,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8C2D16
secondary
#3EA6C0
accent
#CCF038
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8EBE9
border
#D1C6C5
text
#130703
muted
#827A78

Preview Lab

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#8C2D16 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva