#8E301B#8E301B

#8E301B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.132 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E301B
RGB	rgb(142, 48, 27)
HSL	hsl(11, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(11, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.87, 38.71, 33.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.87, 51.49, 41.25°)
OKLab	oklab(44.46% 0.1092 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(44.46% 0.132 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.4115, 7.9456, 1.9168)
Luminance	0.0794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E301B #1B798E

analogous

#8E1B3F #8E301B #8E6A1B

triadic

#8E301B #1B8E30 #301B8E

tetradic

#8E301B #3F8E1B #1B798E #6A1B8E

square

#8E301B #3F8E1B #1B798E #6A1B8E

split-complementary

#8E301B #1B8E6A #1B3F8E

monochromatic

#270D07 #5B1F11 #8E301B #C14125 #DC6247

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#8E301B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8E301B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E301B

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E301B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E301B	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)

#4B4218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625717

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D162C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e301b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 48, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.132 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76d59',
    500: '#8e301b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e301b;
$custom-light: #b76d59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e301b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.957,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44463,
    "c": 0.13186,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E301B

secondary

#47A8BE

accent

#CBEB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E301B

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

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