#8C321C#8C321C

#8C321C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.127 H 34.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C321C
RGB	rgb(140, 50, 28)
HSL	hsl(12, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(12, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.3%, 80%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.86, 37.07, 33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.86, 49.82, 41.92°)
OKLab	oklab(44.39% 0.1045 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(44.39% 0.127 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.1668, 7.9422, 1.9907)
Luminance	0.0794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C321C #1C768C

analogous

#8C1C3E #8C321C #8C6A1C

triadic

#8C321C #1C8C32 #321C8C

tetradic

#8C321C #3E8C1C #1C768C #6A1C8C

square

#8C321C #3E8C1C #1C768C #6A1C8C

split-complementary

#8C321C #1C8C6A #1C3E8C

monochromatic

#260E08 #592012 #8C321C #BF4426 #DA6548

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#8C321C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8C321C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C321C

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C321C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C321C	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4319

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625719

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A1B2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c321c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 50, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.127 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56e5a',
    500: '#8c321c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c321c;
$custom-light: #b56e5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c321c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.786,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44392,
    "c": 0.12743,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C321C

secondary

#48A5BC

accent

#C8EA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C321C

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