#8C2F2F#8C2F2F

#8C2F2F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.127 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2F2F
RGB	rgb(140, 47, 47)
HSL	hsl(0, 50%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(0, 66%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.4%, 66.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.60, 39.45, 21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.60, 44.99, 28.74°)
OKLab	oklab(44.27% 0.1159 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(44.27% 0.127 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.3461, 7.8154, 3.5472)
Luminance	0.0781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2F2F #2F8C8C

analogous

#8C2F5E #8C2F2F #8C5E2F

triadic

#8C2F2F #2F8C2F #2F2F8C

tetradic

#8C2F2F #5E8C2F #2F8C8C #5E2F8C

square

#8C2F2F #5E8C2F #2F8C8C #5E2F8C

split-complementary

#8C2F2F #2F8C5E #2F5E8C

monochromatic

#301010 #5E2020 #8C2F2F #BA3E3E #CD6969

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#8C2F2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8C2F2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2F2F

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2F2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2F2F	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48422E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F562C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A1A30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2f2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 47, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.127 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46d67',
    500: '#8c2f2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2f2f;
$custom-light: #b46d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2f2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 49.733,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44273,
    "c": 0.12677,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2F2F

secondary

#63B4B4

accent

#D9D94F

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2F2F

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

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