#8c2e22

Color #8c2e22

A moderately saturated dark red.

Closest named color Brown #a52a2a · ΔE 11.43 Nearest Tailwind class red-900 #82181a · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8c2e22

RGB

rgb(140, 46, 34)

HSL

hsl(6.8, 60.9%, 34.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(6.8, 75.7%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 75.7%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(33.24, 39.18, 29.18)

LCH

lch(33.24, 48.85, 36.68)

OKLCH

oklch(43.9%, 0.1301, 30.29)

HWB

hwb(6.8, 13.3%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#22808c

Analogous

#8c224b

#8c2e22

#8c6322

Triadic

#8c2e22

#228c2e

#2e228c

Split-complementary

#8c2e22

#228c63

#224b8c

Tetradic

#8c2e22

#808c22

#22808c

#2e228c

Square

#8c2e22

#4b8c22

#22808c

#63228c

Shades

Color #8c2e22 mixed toward black.

#75261c

#5d1f17

#461711

#2f0f0b

#170806

Tints

Color #8c2e22 mixed toward white.

#b93d2d

#d35a4b

#de8378

#e9ada5

#f4d6d2

Tones

Color #8c2e22 mixed toward gray.

#83352b

#7a3c34

#71423c

#694945

#60504e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.53:1

White text reads better on this background (8.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#706f25 · ΔE 37.2

Deuteranopia

#747926 · ΔE 41

Tritanopia

#892828 · ΔE 3.8

Achromatopsia

#4e4e4e · ΔE 24.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c2e22;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c2e22]

Related colors

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#8c2e22 (#8c2e22) is rgb(140, 46, 34) in RGB.

No, #8c2e22 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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