#8E311D#8E311D

#8E311D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.130 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E311D
RGBrgb(142, 49, 29)
HSLhsl(11, 66%, 34%)
HSVhsv(11, 80%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 65.5%, 79.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(34.06, 38.33, 33.05)
CIE-LCHlch(34.06, 50.61, 40.77°)
OKLaboklab(44.62% 0.1084 0.0725)
OKLCHoklch(44.62% 0.13 33.8)
XYZxyz(12.4768, 8.0379, 2.0566)
Luminance0.0804 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E311D #1D7A8E
analogous
#8E1D42 #8E311D #8E691D
triadic
#8E311D #1D8E31 #311D8E
tetradic
#8E311D #428E1D #1D7A8E #691D8E
square
#8E311D #428E1D #1D7A8E #691D8E
split-complementary
#8E311D #1D8E69 #1D428E
monochromatic
#280E08 #5B1F13 #8E311D #C14327 #DA644B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.05
#8E311D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61
#8E311D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E311D
8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E311D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8E311D1.008.052.618.05
#FFFFFF8.051.0021.001.00
#0000002.6121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.051.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4B431A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#62581A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9D182D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e311d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 49, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.130 33.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66e5a',
    500: '#8e311d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e311d;
$custom-light: #b66e5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e311d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.619,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44615,
    "c": 0.13044,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E311D
secondary
#4AA8BD
accent
#CBE93F
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8ECE9
border
#D1C7C5
text
#130704
muted
#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E311D

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#8E311D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva