#8C2D17#8C2D17

#8C2D17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.133 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2D17
RGB	rgb(140, 45, 23)
HSL	hsl(11, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(11, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 83.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.95, 39.20, 35.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.95, 52.59, 41.82°)
OKLab	oklab(43.69% 0.1102 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(43.69% 0.133 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9096, 7.5158, 1.6340)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2D17 #17768C

analogous

#8C173C #8C2D17 #8C6817

triadic

#8C2D17 #178C2D #2D178C

tetradic

#8C2D17 #3C8C17 #17768C #68178C

square

#8C2D17 #3C8C17 #17768C #68178C

split-complementary

#8C2D17 #178C68 #173C8C

monochromatic

#230B06 #571C0E #8C2D17 #C13E20 #DF5C3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#8C2D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8C2D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2D17

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2D17	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)

#494013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605513

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B1029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 45, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.133 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66b56',
    500: '#8c2d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2d17;
$custom-light: #b66b56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.282,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43693,
    "c": 0.13335,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2D17

secondary

#3FA7BF

accent

#CCEF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2D17

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

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