#8C2D1D#8C2D1D

#8C2D1D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.132 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2D1D
RGB	rgb(140, 45, 29)
HSL	hsl(9, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(9, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 79.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.01, 39.41, 31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.01, 50.67, 38.94°)
OKLab	oklab(43.76% 0.112 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(43.76% 0.132 32)
XYZ	xyz(11.9767, 7.5427, 1.9874)
Luminance	0.0754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2D1D #1D7C8C

analogous

#8C1D44 #8C2D1D #8C641D

triadic

#8C2D1D #1D8C2D #2D1D8C

tetradic

#8C2D1D #448C1D #1D7C8C #641D8C

square

#8C2D1D #448C1D #1D7C8C #641D8C

split-complementary

#8C2D1D #1D8C64 #1D448C

monochromatic

#270C08 #591D12 #8C2D1D #BF3D28 #D95F4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#8C2D1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8C2D1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2D1D

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2D1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2D1D	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48401B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605519

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A112A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2d1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 45, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.132 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56b5a',
    500: '#8c2d1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2d1d;
$custom-light: #b56b5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2d1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.649,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43755,
    "c": 0.13212,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.07541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2D1D

secondary

#49ABBC

accent

#D0E93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2D1D

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

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