#8C2F17#8C2F17

#8C2F17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.131 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2F17
RGB	rgb(140, 47, 23)
HSL	hsl(12, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(12, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.4%, 83.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.29, 38.29, 35.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.29, 52.14, 42.75°)
OKLab	oklab(43.95% 0.1074 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(43.95% 0.131 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9877, 7.6721, 1.6601)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2F17 #17748C

analogous

#8C1739 #8C2F17 #8C6A17

triadic

#8C2F17 #178C2F #2F178C

tetradic

#8C2F17 #398C17 #17748C #6A178C

square

#8C2F17 #398C17 #17748C #6A178C

split-complementary

#8C2F17 #178C6A #17398C

monochromatic

#230C06 #571D0E #8C2F17 #C14120 #DF5F3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#8C2F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8C2F17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2F17

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2F17	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4113

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615613

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B142A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 47, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.131 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c56',
    500: '#8c2f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2f17;
$custom-light: #b56c56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.308,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43946,
    "c": 0.13145,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2F17

secondary

#3FA5BF

accent

#C9EF39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2F17

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

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