#8A311A#8A311A

#8A311A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.127 H 35.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A311A
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 26)
HSL	hsl(12, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(12, 81%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 81.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.30, 36.70, 33.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.30, 49.82, 42.54°)
OKLab	oklab(43.89% 0.1032 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(43.89% 0.127 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.7673, 7.6762, 1.8391)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A311A #1A738A

analogous

#8A1A3B #8A311A #8A691A

triadic

#8A311A #1A8A31 #311A8A

tetradic

#8A311A #3B8A1A #1A738A #691A8A

square

#8A311A #3B8A1A #1A738A #691A8A

split-complementary

#8A311A #1A8A69 #1A3B8A

monochromatic

#230C07 #571F10 #8A311A #BD4324 #DC6243

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#8A311A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8A311A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A311A

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A311A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A311A	1.00	8.28	2.53	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605617

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981A2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a311a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.127 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46d58',
    500: '#8a311a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a311a;
$custom-light: #b46d58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a311a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.321,
    "s": 68.293,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43892,
    "c": 0.12662,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A311A

secondary

#43A4BD

accent

#C7EB3D

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A311A

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

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