#8C301A#8C301A

#8C301A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.130 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C301A
RGB	rgb(140, 48, 26)
HSL	hsl(12, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(12, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 81.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.49, 37.93, 33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.49, 50.94, 41.87°)
OKLab	oklab(44.11% 0.1068 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(44.11% 0.13 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0600, 7.7657, 1.8410)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C301A #1A768C

analogous

#8C1A3D #8C301A #8C691A

triadic

#8C301A #1A8C30 #301A8C

tetradic

#8C301A #3D8C1A #1A768C #691A8C

square

#8C301A #3D8C1A #1A768C #691A8C

split-complementary

#8C301A #1A8C69 #1A3D8C

monochromatic

#250D07 #581E10 #8C301A #C04224 #DC6144

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#8C301A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8C301A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C301A

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C301A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C301A	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615616

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A172C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c301a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 48, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.130 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56d58',
    500: '#8c301a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c301a;
$custom-light: #b56d58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c301a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.579,
    "s": 68.675,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44105,
    "c": 0.12984,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C301A

secondary

#44A6BE

accent

#CAEC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C301A

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

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