#8C2E1D#8C2E1D

#8C2E1D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.131 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2E1D
RGB	rgb(140, 46, 29)
HSL	hsl(9, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(9, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 79.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.18, 38.96, 32.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.18, 50.43, 39.41°)
OKLab	oklab(43.88% 0.1106 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(43.88% 0.131 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0153, 7.6199, 2.0003)
Luminance	0.0762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2E1D #1D7B8C

analogous

#8C1D43 #8C2E1D #8C651D

triadic

#8C2E1D #1D8C2E #2E1D8C

tetradic

#8C2E1D #438C1D #1D7B8C #651D8C

square

#8C2E1D #438C1D #1D7B8C #651D8C

split-complementary

#8C2E1D #1D8C65 #1D438C

monochromatic

#270D08 #591D12 #8C2E1D #BF3F28 #D9604A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#8C2E1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8C2E1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2E1D

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2E1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2E1D	1.00	8.32	2.52	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49411A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605619

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A132B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2e1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 46, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.131 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c5a',
    500: '#8c2e1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2e1d;
$custom-light: #b56c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2e1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.189,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4388,
    "c": 0.13113,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2E1D

secondary

#49AABC

accent

#CFE93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2E1D

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

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