#8A311F#8A311F

#8A311F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.125 H 33.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A311F
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 31)
HSL	hsl(10, 63%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(10, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 77.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.35, 36.91, 30.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.35, 48.17, 39.98°)
OKLab	oklab(43.95% 0.1049 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(43.95% 0.125 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.8281, 7.7005, 2.1596)
Luminance	0.0770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A311F #1F788A

analogous

#8A1F43 #8A311F #8A661F

triadic

#8A311F #1F8A31 #311F8A

tetradic

#8A311F #438A1F #1F788A #661F8A

square

#8A311F #438A1F #1F788A #661F8A

split-complementary

#8A311F #1F8A66 #1F438A

monochromatic

#260E09 #581F14 #8A311F #BC432A #D7644C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#8A311F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8A311F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A311F

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A311F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A311F	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)

#4A421D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981B2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a311f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.125 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36d5c',
    500: '#8a311f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a311f;
$custom-light: #b36d5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a311f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.093,
    "s": 63.314,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43948,
    "c": 0.12543,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A311F

secondary

#4BA7BA

accent

#CBE641

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A311F

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

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