#8C301D#8C301D

#8C301D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.129 H 33.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C301D
RGB	rgb(140, 48, 29)
HSL	hsl(10, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(10, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 79.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.52, 38.05, 32.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.52, 49.96, 40.39°)
OKLab	oklab(44.14% 0.1078 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(44.14% 0.129 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0953, 7.7798, 2.0269)
Luminance	0.0778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C301D #1D798C

analogous

#8C1D42 #8C301D #8C671D

triadic

#8C301D #1D8C30 #301D8C

tetradic

#8C301D #428C1D #1D798C #671D8C

square

#8C301D #428C1D #1D798C #671D8C

split-complementary

#8C301D #1D8C67 #1D428C

monochromatic

#270D08 #591F12 #8C301D #BF4128 #D9624A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#8C301D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8C301D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C301D

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C301D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C301D	1.00	8.22	2.56	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A421A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61561A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A172C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c301d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 48, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.129 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56d5a',
    500: '#8c301d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c301d;
$custom-light: #b56d5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c301d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.27,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44137,
    "c": 0.12917,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C301D

secondary

#49A8BC

accent

#CCE93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C301D

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

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