#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
RGB	rgb(140, 45, 22)
HSL	hsl(12, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(12, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 84.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.95, 39.16, 35.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.95, 52.91, 42.26°)
OKLab	oklab(43.68% 0.1099 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(43.68% 0.134 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8998, 7.5119, 1.5823)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##8C2D16	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #8C2D16

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

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