#8C301B#8C301B

#8C301B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.130 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C301B
RGB	rgb(140, 48, 27)
HSL	hsl(11, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(11, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 80.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.50, 37.97, 33.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.50, 50.61, 41.39°)
OKLab	oklab(44.12% 0.1071 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(44.12% 0.13 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0713, 7.7702, 1.9009)
Luminance	0.0777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C301B #1B778C

analogous

#8C1B3F #8C301B #8C681B

triadic

#8C301B #1B8C30 #301B8C

tetradic

#8C301B #3F8C1B #1B778C #681B8C

square

#8C301B #3F8C1B #1B778C #681B8C

split-complementary

#8C301B #1B8C68 #1B3F8C

monochromatic

#250D07 #591E11 #8C301B #BF4225 #DB6246

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#8C301B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8C301B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C301B

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C301B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C301B	1.00	8.22	2.55	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615617

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A172C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c301b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 48, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.130 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56d59',
    500: '#8c301b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c301b;
$custom-light: #b56d59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c301b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.15,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44116,
    "c": 0.12961,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C301B

secondary

#46A7BD

accent

#CAEB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C301B

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

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