#8C301C#8C301C

#8C301C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.129 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C301C
RGB	rgb(140, 48, 28)
HSL	hsl(11, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(11, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 80%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.51, 38.01, 32.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.51, 50.28, 40.90°)
OKLab	oklab(44.13% 0.1074 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(44.13% 0.129 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.0831, 7.7749, 1.9628)
Luminance	0.0777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C301C #1C788C

analogous

#8C1C40 #8C301C #8C681C

triadic

#8C301C #1C8C30 #301C8C

tetradic

#8C301C #408C1C #1C788C #681C8C

square

#8C301C #408C1C #1C788C #681C8C

split-complementary

#8C301C #1C8C68 #1C408C

monochromatic

#260D08 #591F12 #8C301C #BF4126 #DA6248

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#8C301C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8C301C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C301C

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C301C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C301C	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)

#4A4219

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615618

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A172C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c301c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 48, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.129 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56d59',
    500: '#8c301c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c301c;
$custom-light: #b56d59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c301c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.714,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44126,
    "c": 0.12939,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C301C

secondary

#48A7BC

accent

#CBEA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C301C

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

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