#8C2E17#8C2E17

#8C2E17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.132 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2E17
RGB	rgb(140, 46, 23)
HSL	hsl(12, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(12, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 83.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.12, 38.74, 35.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.12, 52.37, 42.28°)
OKLab	oklab(43.82% 0.1088 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(43.82% 0.132 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9482, 7.5931, 1.6469)
Luminance	0.0759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2E17 #17758C

analogous

#8C173B #8C2E17 #8C6917

triadic

#8C2E17 #178C2E #2E178C

tetradic

#8C2E17 #3B8C17 #17758C #69178C

square

#8C2E17 #3B8C17 #17758C #69178C

split-complementary

#8C2E17 #178C69 #173B8C

monochromatic

#230B06 #571D0E #8C2E17 #C13F20 #DF5E3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#8C2E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8C2E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2E17

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2E17	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)

#494113

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605613

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B122A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 46, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.132 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c56',
    500: '#8c2e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2e17;
$custom-light: #b56c56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.795,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43819,
    "c": 0.1324,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2E17

secondary

#3FA6BF

accent

#CBEF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2E17

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

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