#8C2E1E#8C2E1E

#8C2E1E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.131 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2E1E
RGB	rgb(140, 46, 30)
HSL	hsl(9, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(9, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 78.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.19, 39.00, 31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.19, 50.11, 38.89°)
OKLab	oklab(43.89% 0.111 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(43.89% 0.131 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0279, 7.6249, 2.0665)
Luminance	0.0762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2E1E #1E7C8C

analogous

#8C1E45 #8C2E1E #8C651E

triadic

#8C2E1E #1E8C2E #2E1E8C

tetradic

#8C2E1E #458C1E #1E7C8C #651E8C

square

#8C2E1E #458C1E #1E7C8C #651E8C

split-complementary

#8C2E1E #1E8C65 #1E458C

monochromatic

#270D08 #5A1D13 #8C2E1E #BE3F29 #D9604C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#8C2E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8C2E1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2E1E

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2E1E	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)

#49411C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A142B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 46, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.131 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c5b',
    500: '#8c2e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2e1e;
$custom-light: #b56c5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.727,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43892,
    "c": 0.13093,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2E1E

secondary

#4BABBB

accent

#CFE840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2E1E

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

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