#8D311B#8D311B

#8D311B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.130 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8D311B
RGBrgb(141, 49, 27)
HSLhsl(12, 68%, 33%)
HSVhsv(12, 81%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 65.2%, 80.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(33.86, 37.88, 33.88)
CIE-LCHlch(33.86, 50.82, 41.81°)
OKLaboklab(44.42% 0.1067 0.0738)
OKLCHoklch(44.42% 0.13 34.7)
XYZxyz(12.2820, 7.9402, 1.9226)
Luminance0.0794 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8D311B #1B778D
analogous
#8D1B3E #8D311B #8D6A1B
triadic
#8D311B #1B8D31 #311B8D
tetradic
#8D311B #3E8D1B #1B778D #6A1B8D
square
#8D311B #3E8D1B #1B778D #6A1B8D
split-complementary
#8D311B #1B8D6A #1B3E8D
monochromatic
#260D07 #5A1F11 #8D311B #C04325 #DC6347

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12
#8D311B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59
#8D311B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D311B
8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8D311B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8D311B1.008.122.598.12
#FFFFFF8.121.0021.001.00
#0000002.5921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.121.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4B4318
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#625717
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9B182D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8d311b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 49, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.130 34.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66e59',
    500: '#8d311b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8d311b;
$custom-light: #b66e59;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8d311b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.579,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4442,
    "c": 0.12977,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8D311B
secondary
#46A6BD
accent
#C9EB3D
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8ECE9
border
#D1C7C5
text
#130703
muted
#827A78

Preview Lab

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#8D311B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva