#8C331B#8C331B

#8C331B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.127 H 35.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C331B
RGB	rgb(140, 51, 27)
HSL	hsl(13, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(13, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 80.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.03, 36.55, 34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.03, 49.92, 42.93°)
OKLab	oklab(44.52% 0.1027 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(44.52% 0.127 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.1982, 8.0240, 1.9432)
Luminance	0.0802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C331B #1B748C

analogous

#8C1B3C #8C331B #8C6B1B

triadic

#8C331B #1B8C33 #331B8C

tetradic

#8C331B #3C8C1B #1B748C #6B1B8C

square

#8C331B #3C8C1B #1B748C #6B1B8C

split-complementary

#8C331B #1B8C6B #1B3C8C

monochromatic

#250E07 #592011 #8C331B #BF4625 #DB6646

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#8C331B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8C331B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C331B

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C331B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C331B	1.00	8.06	2.60	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4418

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625718

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A1C2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c331b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 51, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.127 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56f59',
    500: '#8c331b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c331b;
$custom-light: #b56f59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c331b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.743,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44518,
    "c": 0.12669,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C331B

secondary

#46A4BD

accent

#C6EB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C331B

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