#8C331C#8C331C

#8C331C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.126 H 35.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C331C
RGB	rgb(140, 51, 28)
HSL	hsl(12, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(12, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 80%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.04, 36.59, 33.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.04, 49.58, 42.45°)
OKLab	oklab(44.53% 0.1031 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(44.53% 0.126 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.2100, 8.0287, 2.0051)
Luminance	0.0803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8C331C #1C758C

analogous

#8C1C3D #8C331C #8C6B1C

triadic

#8C331C #1C8C33 #331C8C

tetradic

#8C331C #3D8C1C #1C758C #6B1C8C

square

#8C331C #3D8C1C #1C758C #6B1C8C

split-complementary

#8C331C #1C8C6B #1C3D8C

monochromatic

#260E08 #592012 #8C331C #BF4626 #DA6648

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#8C331C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#8C331C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C331C

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C331C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C331C	1.00	8.06	2.61	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625719

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A1D2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c331c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 51, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.126 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56f5a',
    500: '#8c331c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c331c;
$custom-light: #b56f5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c331c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.321,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44528,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C331C

secondary

#48A4BC

accent

#C6EA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C331C

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

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