#8E301C#8E301C

#8E301C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.132 H 33.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E301C
RGB	rgb(142, 48, 28)
HSL	hsl(11, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(11, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 80.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.88, 38.75, 33.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.88, 51.17, 40.77°)
OKLab	oklab(44.47% 0.1095 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(44.47% 0.132 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.4233, 7.9503, 1.9788)
Luminance	0.0795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E301C #1C7A8E

analogous

#8E1C41 #8E301C #8E691C

triadic

#8E301C #1C8E30 #301C8E

tetradic

#8E301C #418E1C #1C7A8E #691C8E

square

#8E301C #418E1C #1C7A8E #691C8E

split-complementary

#8E301C #1C8E69 #1C418E

monochromatic

#280D08 #5B1F12 #8E301C #C14126 #DB6349

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#8E301C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8E301C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E301C

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E301C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E301C	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)

#9D162C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e301c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 48, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.132 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76d5a',
    500: '#8e301c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e301c;
$custom-light: #b76d5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e301c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.526,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44474,
    "c": 0.13164,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E301C

secondary

#49A9BD

accent

#CCEA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E301C

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

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