#8E301A#8E301A

#8E301A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.132 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E301A
RGB	rgb(142, 48, 26)
HSL	hsl(11, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(11, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.86, 38.68, 34.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.86, 51.82, 41.72°)
OKLab	oklab(44.45% 0.1089 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(44.45% 0.132 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.4001, 7.9411, 1.8569)
Luminance	0.0794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E301A #1A788E

analogous

#8E1A3E #8E301A #8E6A1A

triadic

#8E301A #1A8E30 #301A8E

tetradic

#8E301A #3E8E1A #1A788E #6A1A8E

square

#8E301A #3E8E1A #1A788E #6A1A8E

split-complementary

#8E301A #1A8E6A #1A3E8E

monochromatic

#270D07 #5A1F11 #8E301A #C24123 #DD6245

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#8E301A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8E301A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E301A

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E301A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E301A	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625716

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D162C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e301a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 48, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.132 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76d58',
    500: '#8e301a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e301a;
$custom-light: #b76d58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e301a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.379,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44453,
    "c": 0.13207,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E301A

secondary

#45A7BE

accent

#CBEC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E301A

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

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