#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
RGBrgb(140, 46, 23)
HSLhsl(12, 72%, 32%)
HSVhsv(12, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 67.1%, 83.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(33.12, 38.74, 35.23)
CIE-LCHlch(33.12, 52.37, 42.28°)
OKLaboklab(43.82% 0.1088 0.0755)
OKLCHoklch(43.82% 0.132 34.8)
XYZxyz(11.9482, 7.5931, 1.6469)
Luminance0.0759 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##8C2E171.008.342.528.34
#FFFFFF8.341.0021.001.00
#0000002.5221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.341.0021.001.00

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

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#8C2E17 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva