#8C2E18#8C2E18

#8C2E18 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.132 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2E18
RGB	rgb(140, 46, 24)
HSL	hsl(11, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(11, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 82.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.13, 38.78, 34.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.13, 52.04, 41.83°)
OKLab	oklab(43.83% 0.1091 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(43.83% 0.132 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9584, 7.5971, 1.7007)
Luminance	0.0760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2E18 #18768C

analogous

#8C183C #8C2E18 #8C6818

triadic

#8C2E18 #188C2E #2E188C

tetradic

#8C2E18 #3C8C18 #18768C #68188C

square

#8C2E18 #3C8C18 #18768C #68188C

split-complementary

#8C2E18 #188C68 #183C8C

monochromatic

#240C06 #581D0F #8C2E18 #C03F21 #DE5E40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#8C2E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8C2E18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2E18

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2E18	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)

#494115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605614

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B122A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 46, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.132 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c57',
    500: '#8c2e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2e18;
$custom-light: #b56c57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.379,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43828,
    "c": 0.13219,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2E18

secondary

#41A7BF

accent

#CCED3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2E18

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

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