#8C2D1E#8C2D1E

#8C2D1E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.132 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2D1E
RGB	rgb(140, 45, 30)
HSL	hsl(8, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(8, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 78.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.02, 39.45, 31.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.02, 50.35, 38.41°)
OKLab	oklab(43.77% 0.1123 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(43.77% 0.132 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9893, 7.5477, 2.0536)
Luminance	0.0755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2D1E #1E7D8C

analogous

#8C1E46 #8C2D1E #8C641E

triadic

#8C2D1E #1E8C2D #2D1E8C

tetradic

#8C2D1E #468C1E #1E7D8C #641E8C

square

#8C2D1E #468C1E #1E7D8C #641E8C

split-complementary

#8C2D1E #1E8C64 #1E468C

monochromatic

#270D08 #5A1D13 #8C2D1E #BE3D29 #D95F4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#8C2D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8C2D1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2D1E

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2D1E	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)

#48401C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60551A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A112A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 45, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.132 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56b5b',
    500: '#8c2d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2d1e;
$custom-light: #b56b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.182,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43767,
    "c": 0.13191,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2D1E

secondary

#4BACBB

accent

#D1E840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2D1E

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

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