#8A311E#8A311E

#8A311E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.126 H 33.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A311E
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 30)
HSL	hsl(11, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(11, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 78.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.34, 36.87, 31.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.34, 48.50, 40.52°)
OKLab	oklab(43.94% 0.1045 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(43.94% 0.126 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.8152, 7.6953, 2.0912)
Luminance	0.0769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A311E #1E778A

analogous

#8A1E41 #8A311E #8A671E

triadic

#8A311E #1E8A31 #311E8A

tetradic

#8A311E #418A1E #1E778A #671E8A

square

#8A311E #418A1E #1E778A #671E8A

split-complementary

#8A311E #1E8A67 #1E418A

monochromatic

#250D08 #581F13 #8A311E #BC4329 #D8634B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#8A311E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8A311E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A311E

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A311E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A311E	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A421B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981A2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a311e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.126 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36d5b',
    500: '#8a311e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a311e;
$custom-light: #b36d5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a311e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.556,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43936,
    "c": 0.12566,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A311E

secondary

#4AA6BA

accent

#CAE741

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A311E

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

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