#8D2C12#8D2C12

#8D2C12 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.136 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2C12
RGB	rgb(141, 44, 18)
HSL	hsl(13, 77%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(13, 87%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 87.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.94, 39.86, 37.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.94, 54.82, 43.36°)
OKLab	oklab(43.71% 0.1112 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(43.71% 0.136 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9958, 7.5096, 1.3900)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2C12 #12738D

analogous

#8D1235 #8D2C12 #8D6912

triadic

#8D2C12 #128D2C #2C128D

tetradic

#8D2C12 #358D12 #12738D #69128D

square

#8D2C12 #358D12 #12738D #69128D

split-complementary

#8D2C12 #128D69 #12358D

monochromatic

#200A04 #571B0B #8D2C12 #C33D19 #E55A34

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#8D2C12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8D2C12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2C12

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2C12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2C12	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49400D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60550C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0B27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2c12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 44, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.136 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76b53',
    500: '#8d2c12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2c12;
$custom-light: #b76b53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2c12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.683,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43705,
    "c": 0.13633,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2C12

secondary

#39A5C1

accent

#CBF434

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130702

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2C12

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

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