#8C2E2E#8C2E2E

#8C2E2E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.128 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2E2E
RGB	rgb(140, 46, 46)
HSL	hsl(0, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(0, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 67.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.41, 39.84, 22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.41, 45.52, 28.95°)
OKLab	oklab(44.13% 0.117 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(44.13% 0.128 24)
XYZ	xyz(12.2866, 7.7284, 3.4290)
Luminance	0.0773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2E2E #2E8C8C

analogous

#8C2E5D #8C2E2E #8C5D2E

triadic

#8C2E2E #2E8C2E #2E2E8C

tetradic

#8C2E2E #5D8C2E #2E8C8C #5D2E8C

square

#8C2E2E #5D8C2E #2E8C8C #5D2E8C

split-complementary

#8C2E2E #2E8C5D #2E5D8C

monochromatic

#301010 #5E1F1F #8C2E2E #BA3D3D #CD6767

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#8C2E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8C2E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2E2E

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2E2E	1.00	8.25	2.55	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47422D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F562B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A182F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 46, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.128 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46c66',
    500: '#8c2e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2e2e;
$custom-light: #b46c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 50.538,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44129,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.07727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2E2E

secondary

#62B4B4

accent

#DADA4E

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2E2E

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

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