#8C2E19#8C2E19

#8C2E19 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.132 H 34.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2E19
RGB	rgb(140, 46, 25)
HSL	hsl(11, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(11, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 82.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.14, 38.81, 34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.14, 51.72, 41.37°)
OKLab	oklab(43.84% 0.1094 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(43.84% 0.132 34)
XYZ	xyz(11.9690, 7.6014, 1.7565)
Luminance	0.0760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2E19 #19778C

analogous

#8C193D #8C2E19 #8C6819

triadic

#8C2E19 #198C2E #2E198C

tetradic

#8C2E19 #3D8C19 #19778C #68198C

square

#8C2E19 #3D8C19 #19778C #68198C

split-complementary

#8C2E19 #198C68 #193D8C

monochromatic

#240C06 #581D10 #8C2E19 #C03F22 #DD5E42

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#8C2E19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8C2E19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2E19

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2E19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2E19	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605615

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A132A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2e19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 46, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.132 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c57',
    500: '#8c2e19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2e19;
$custom-light: #b56c57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2e19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.957,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43838,
    "c": 0.13199,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2E19

secondary

#43A8BE

accent

#CCED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2E19

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

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