#8C2F18#8C2F18

#8C2F18 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.131 H 34.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2F18
RGB	rgb(140, 47, 24)
HSL	hsl(12, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(12, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.4%, 82.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.30, 38.32, 34.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.30, 51.82, 42.30°)
OKLab	oklab(43.96% 0.1077 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(43.96% 0.131 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9980, 7.6762, 1.7139)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2F18 #18758C

analogous

#8C183B #8C2F18 #8C6918

triadic

#8C2F18 #188C2F #2F188C

tetradic

#8C2F18 #3B8C18 #18758C #69188C

square

#8C2F18 #3B8C18 #18758C #69188C

split-complementary

#8C2F18 #188C69 #183B8C

monochromatic

#240C06 #581D0F #8C2F18 #C04121 #DE5F40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#8C2F18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8C2F18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2F18

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2F18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2F18	1.00	8.28	2.53	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615614

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A142B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2f18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 47, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.131 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c57',
    500: '#8c2f18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2f18;
$custom-light: #b56c57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2f18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.897,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43956,
    "c": 0.13123,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2F18

secondary

#41A6BF

accent

#CAED3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2F18

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