#8C2D2D#8C2D2D

#8C2D2D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.129 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2D2D
RGB	rgb(140, 45, 45)
HSL	hsl(0, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(0, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 67.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.23, 40.22, 22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.23, 46.06, 29.15°)
OKLab	oklab(43.99% 0.118 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(43.99% 0.129 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.2285, 7.6434, 3.3135)
Luminance	0.0764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2D2D #2D8C8C

analogous

#8C2D5D #8C2D2D #8C5D2D

triadic

#8C2D2D #2D8C2D #2D2D8C

tetradic

#8C2D2D #5D8C2D #2D8C8C #5D2D8C

square

#8C2D2D #5D8C2D #2D8C8C #5D2D8C

split-complementary

#8C2D2D #2D8C5D #2D5D8C

monochromatic

#2F0F0F #5E1E1E #8C2D2D #BA3C3C #CE6666

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#8C2D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8C2D2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2D2D

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2D2D	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47412C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E562A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A152E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 45, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.129 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46c66',
    500: '#8c2d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2d2d;
$custom-light: #b46c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43988,
    "c": 0.12925,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2D2D

secondary

#60B4B4

accent

#DBDB4D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2D2D

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

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