#8C2E16#8C2E16

#8C2E16 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.133 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2E16
RGB	rgb(140, 46, 22)
HSL	hsl(12, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(12, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 84.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.11, 38.71, 35.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.11, 52.69, 42.71°)
OKLab	oklab(43.81% 0.1085 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(43.81% 0.133 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.9384, 7.5891, 1.5951)
Luminance	0.0759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2E16 #16748C

analogous

#8C1639 #8C2E16 #8C6916

triadic

#8C2E16 #168C2E #2E168C

tetradic

#8C2E16 #398C16 #16748C #69168C

square

#8C2E16 #398C16 #16748C #69168C

split-complementary

#8C2E16 #168C69 #16398C

monochromatic

#220B05 #571D0E #8C2E16 #C13F1E #E05D3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#8C2E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8C2E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2E16

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2E16	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494112

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605612

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B1229

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 46, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.133 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66c55',
    500: '#8c2e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2e16;
$custom-light: #b66c55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.203,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4381,
    "c": 0.13261,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2E16

secondary

#3EA5C0

accent

#CAF038

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2E16

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

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