#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
RGBrgb(140, 50, 28)
HSLhsl(12, 67%, 33%)
HSVhsv(12, 80%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 64.3%, 80%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(33.86, 37.07, 33.28)
CIE-LCHlch(33.86, 49.82, 41.92°)
OKLaboklab(44.39% 0.1045 0.0729)
OKLCHoklch(44.39% 0.127 34.9)
XYZxyz(12.1668, 7.9422, 1.9907)
Luminance0.0794 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##8C321C1.008.112.598.11
#FFFFFF8.111.0021.001.00
#0000002.5921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.111.0021.001.00

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

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#8C321C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva