#8C2D19#8C2D19

#8C2D19 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.133 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2D19
RGB	rgb(140, 45, 25)
HSL	hsl(10, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(10, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 82.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.97, 39.26, 34.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.97, 51.95, 40.91°)
OKLab	oklab(43.71% 0.1108 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(43.71% 0.133 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9304, 7.5242, 1.7436)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2D19 #19788C

analogous

#8C193E #8C2D19 #8C6719

triadic

#8C2D19 #198C2D #2D198C

tetradic

#8C2D19 #3E8C19 #19788C #67198C

square

#8C2D19 #3E8C19 #19788C #67198C

split-complementary

#8C2D19 #198C67 #193E8C

monochromatic

#240C06 #581C10 #8C2D19 #C03E22 #DD5D42

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#8C2D19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8C2D19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2D19

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2D19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2D19	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)

#484016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605515

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B1029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2d19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 45, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.133 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56b57',
    500: '#8c2d19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2d19;
$custom-light: #b56b57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2d19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.435,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43712,
    "c": 0.13294,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2D19

secondary

#43A9BE

accent

#CEED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2D19

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

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