#8C2E1B#8C2E1B

#8C2E1B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.132 H 33.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2E1B
RGB	rgb(140, 46, 27)
HSL	hsl(10, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(10, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 80.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.16, 38.89, 33.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.16, 51.08, 40.42°)
OKLab	oklab(43.86% 0.11 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(43.86% 0.132 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9914, 7.6103, 1.8742)
Luminance	0.0761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2E1B #1B798C

analogous

#8C1B41 #8C2E1B #8C661B

triadic

#8C2E1B #1B8C2E #2E1B8C

tetradic

#8C2E1B #418C1B #1B798C #661B8C

square

#8C2E1B #418C1B #1B798C #661B8C

split-complementary

#8C2E1B #1B8C66 #1B418C

monochromatic

#250C07 #591D11 #8C2E1B #BF3F25 #DB5F46

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#8C2E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8C2E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2E1B

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2E1B	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)

#494118

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605617

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A132A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 46, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.132 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c59',
    500: '#8c2e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2e1b;
$custom-light: #b56c59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.088,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43858,
    "c": 0.13156,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2E1B

secondary

#46A9BD

accent

#CDEB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2E1B

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

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