#8C321E#8C321E

#8C321E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.127 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C321E
RGB	rgb(140, 50, 30)
HSL	hsl(11, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(11, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.3%, 78.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.88, 37.15, 32.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.88, 49.16, 40.91°)
OKLab	oklab(44.41% 0.1052 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(44.41% 0.127 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.1915, 7.9521, 2.1210)
Luminance	0.0795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C321E #1E788C

analogous

#8C1E41 #8C321E #8C691E

triadic

#8C321E #1E8C32 #321E8C

tetradic

#8C321E #418C1E #1E788C #691E8C

square

#8C321E #418C1E #1E788C #691E8C

split-complementary

#8C321E #1E8C69 #1E418C

monochromatic

#270E08 #5A2013 #8C321E #BE4429 #D9654C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#8C321E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8C321E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C321E

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C321E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C321E	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)

#4B431B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61571B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A1B2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c321e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 50, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.127 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56e5b',
    500: '#8c321e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c321e;
$custom-light: #b56e5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c321e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44414,
    "c": 0.12696,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C321E

secondary

#4BA7BB

accent

#C9E840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C321E

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

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