#8C2D2E#8C2D2E

#8C2D2E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.129 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2D2E
RGB	rgb(140, 45, 46)
HSL	hsl(359, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(359, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 67.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.25, 40.28, 21.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.25, 45.82, 28.45°)
OKLab	oklab(44.01% 0.1184 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(44.01% 0.129 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.2480, 7.6512, 3.4161)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2D2E #2D8C8B

analogous

#8C2D5E #8C2D2E #8C5C2D

triadic

#8C2D2E #2E8C2D #2D2E8C

tetradic

#8C2D2E #5E8C2D #2D8C8B #5C2D8C

square

#8C2D2E #5E8C2D #2D8C8B #5C2D8C

split-complementary

#8C2D2E #2D8C5C #2D5E8C

monochromatic

#2F0F10 #5E1E1F #8C2D2E #BA3C3D #CE6667

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#8C2D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8C2D2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2D2E

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2D2E	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46412D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E562B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A162E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 45, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.129 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46c66',
    500: '#8c2d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2d2e;
$custom-light: #b46c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.368,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44006,
    "c": 0.12913,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2D2E

secondary

#60B4B3

accent

#DBD94D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2D2E

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

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