#8C301E#8C301E

#8C301E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.129 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C301E
RGB	rgb(140, 48, 30)
HSL	hsl(10, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(10, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 78.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.53, 38.09, 31.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.53, 49.63, 39.88°)
OKLab	oklab(44.15% 0.1081 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(44.15% 0.129 33)
XYZ	xyz(12.1078, 7.7848, 2.0931)
Luminance	0.0778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C301E #1E7A8C

analogous

#8C1E43 #8C301E #8C671E

triadic

#8C301E #1E8C30 #301E8C

tetradic

#8C301E #438C1E #1E7A8C #671E8C

square

#8C301E #438C1E #1E7A8C #671E8C

split-complementary

#8C301E #1E8C67 #1E438C

monochromatic

#270D08 #5A1F13 #8C301E #BE4129 #D9634C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#8C301E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8C301E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C301E

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C301E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C301E	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A421B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61561B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A182C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c301e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 48, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.129 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56d5b',
    500: '#8c301e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c301e;
$custom-light: #b56d5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c301e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.818,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44149,
    "c": 0.12893,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.07783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C301E

secondary

#4BA9BB

accent

#CCE840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C301E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →