#8C331A#8C331A

#8C331A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.127 H 36.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C331A
RGB	rgb(140, 51, 26)
HSL	hsl(13, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(13, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 81.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.02, 36.51, 34.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.02, 50.25, 43.40°)
OKLab	oklab(44.51% 0.1024 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(44.51% 0.127 36.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.1868, 8.0194, 1.8833)
Luminance	0.0802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8C331A #1A738C

analogous

#8C1A3A #8C331A #8C6C1A

triadic

#8C331A #1A8C33 #331A8C

tetradic

#8C331A #3A8C1A #1A738C #6C1A8C

square

#8C331A #3A8C1A #1A738C #6C1A8C

split-complementary

#8C331A #1A8C6C #1A3A8C

monochromatic

#250D07 #582010 #8C331A #C04624 #DC6544

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#8C331A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8C331A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C331A

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C331A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C331A	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4416

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625717

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A1C2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c331a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 51, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.127 36.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56f58',
    500: '#8c331a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c331a;
$custom-light: #b56f58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c331a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.158,
    "s": 68.675,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44507,
    "c": 0.12693,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C331A

secondary

#44A3BE

accent

#C5EC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C331A

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