#8C321D#8C321D

#8C321D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.127 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C321D
RGB	rgb(140, 50, 29)
HSL	hsl(11, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(11, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.3%, 79.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.87, 37.11, 32.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.87, 49.48, 41.42°)
OKLab	oklab(44.4% 0.1049 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(44.4% 0.127 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1789, 7.9471, 2.0548)
Luminance	0.0795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C321D #1D778C

analogous

#8C1D40 #8C321D #8C691D

triadic

#8C321D #1D8C32 #321D8C

tetradic

#8C321D #408C1D #1D778C #691D8C

square

#8C321D #408C1D #1D778C #691D8C

split-complementary

#8C321D #1D8C69 #1D408C

monochromatic

#270E08 #592012 #8C321D #BF4428 #D9654A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#8C321D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8C321D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C321D

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C321D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C321D	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)

#4B431A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62571A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A1B2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c321d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 50, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.127 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56e5a',
    500: '#8c321d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c321d;
$custom-light: #b56e5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c321d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.351,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44403,
    "c": 0.12719,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C321D

secondary

#49A6BC

accent

#C9E93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C321D

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

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