#8D311C#8D311C

#8D311C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.130 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D311C
RGB	rgb(141, 49, 28)
HSL	hsl(11, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(11, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 80.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.87, 37.91, 33.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.87, 50.49, 41.33°)
OKLab	oklab(44.43% 0.1071 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(44.43% 0.13 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.2938, 7.9450, 1.9846)
Luminance	0.0794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D311C #1C788D

analogous

#8D1C40 #8D311C #8D691C

triadic

#8D311C #1C8D31 #311C8D

tetradic

#8D311C #408D1C #1C788D #691C8D

square

#8D311C #408D1C #1C788D #691C8D

split-complementary

#8D311C #1C8D69 #1C408D

monochromatic

#270E08 #5A1F12 #8D311C #C04326 #DB6449

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#8D311C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8D311C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D311C

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D311C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D311C	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4319

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625718

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B182D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d311c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 49, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.130 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66e5a',
    500: '#8d311c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d311c;
$custom-light: #b66e5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d311c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.15,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44431,
    "c": 0.12954,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D311C

secondary

#48A7BD

accent

#CAEA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D311C

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

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