#8A311C#8A311C

#8A311C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.126 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A311C
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 28)
HSL	hsl(11, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(11, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 79.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.32, 36.78, 32.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.32, 49.16, 41.56°)
OKLab	oklab(43.91% 0.1039 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(43.91% 0.126 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.7904, 7.6854, 1.9610)
Luminance	0.0768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A311C #1C758A

analogous

#8A1C3E #8A311C #8A681C

triadic

#8A311C #1C8A31 #311C8A

tetradic

#8A311C #3E8A1C #1C758A #681C8A

square

#8A311C #3E8A1C #1C758A #681C8A

split-complementary

#8A311C #1C8A68 #1C3E8A

monochromatic

#240D07 #571F12 #8A311C #BD4326 #DA6347

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#8A311C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8A311C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A311C

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A311C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A311C	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4219

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605619

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981A2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a311c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.126 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36d59',
    500: '#8a311c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a311c;
$custom-light: #b36d59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a311c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.455,
    "s": 66.265,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43913,
    "c": 0.12614,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A311C

secondary

#46A5BB

accent

#C9E93F

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A311C

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

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