#8C2D18#8C2D18

#8C2D18 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.133 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2D18
RGB	rgb(140, 45, 24)
HSL	hsl(11, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(11, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 82.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.96, 39.23, 34.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.96, 52.27, 41.37°)
OKLab	oklab(43.7% 0.1105 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(43.7% 0.133 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9198, 7.5199, 1.6878)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2D18 #18778C

analogous

#8C183D #8C2D18 #8C6718

triadic

#8C2D18 #188C2D #2D188C

tetradic

#8C2D18 #3D8C18 #18778C #67188C

square

#8C2D18 #3D8C18 #18778C #67188C

split-complementary

#8C2D18 #188C67 #183D8C

monochromatic

#240B06 #581C0F #8C2D18 #C03E21 #DE5D40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#8C2D18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8C2D18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2D18

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2D18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2D18	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)

#484015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605514

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B1029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2d18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 45, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.133 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56b57',
    500: '#8c2d18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2d18;
$custom-light: #b56b57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2d18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.862,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43702,
    "c": 0.13314,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2D18

secondary

#41A8BF

accent

#CDED3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2D18

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

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