#8C331E#8C331E

#8C331E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.126 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C331E
RGB	rgb(140, 51, 30)
HSL	hsl(11, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(11, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 78.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.06, 36.67, 32.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.06, 48.92, 41.45°)
OKLab	oklab(44.55% 0.1037 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(44.55% 0.126 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.2347, 8.0386, 2.1354)
Luminance	0.0804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C331E #1E778C

analogous

#8C1E40 #8C331E #8C6A1E

triadic

#8C331E #1E8C33 #331E8C

tetradic

#8C331E #408C1E #1E778C #6A1E8C

square

#8C331E #408C1E #1E778C #6A1E8C

split-complementary

#8C331E #1E8C6A #1E408C

monochromatic

#270E08 #5A2113 #8C331E #BE4529 #D9674C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.05

#8C331E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#8C331E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C331E

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C331E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C331E	1.00	8.05	2.61	8.05
#FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C441B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62571B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A1D2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c331e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 51, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.126 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56f5b',
    500: '#8c331e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c331e;
$custom-light: #b56f5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c331e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.455,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4455,
    "c": 0.12596,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C331E

secondary

#4BA6BB

accent

#C8E840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C331E

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