#8C301F#8C301F

#8C301F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.129 H 32.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C301F
RGB	rgb(140, 48, 31)
HSL	hsl(9, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(9, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 77.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.54, 38.13, 31.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.54, 49.31, 39.35°)
OKLab	oklab(44.16% 0.1084 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(44.16% 0.129 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.1208, 7.7900, 2.1614)
Luminance	0.0779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C301F #1F7B8C

analogous

#8C1F44 #8C301F #8C661F

triadic

#8C301F #1F8C30 #301F8C

tetradic

#8C301F #448C1F #1F7B8C #661F8C

square

#8C301F #448C1F #1F7B8C #661F8C

split-complementary

#8C301F #1F8C66 #1F448C

monochromatic

#280E09 #5A1F14 #8C301F #BE412A #D8634E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#8C301F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8C301F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C301F

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C301F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C301F	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)

#4A421D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61561C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A182D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c301f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 48, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.129 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56d5c',
    500: '#8c301f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c301f;
$custom-light: #b56d5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c301f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.358,
    "s": 63.743,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44161,
    "c": 0.12872,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C301F

secondary

#4CA9BB

accent

#CDE741

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C301F

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

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