#8E311E#8E311E

#8E311E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.130 H 33.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E311E
RGB	rgb(142, 49, 30)
HSL	hsl(10, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(10, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.07, 38.37, 32.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.07, 50.29, 40.27°)
OKLab	oklab(44.63% 0.1088 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(44.63% 0.13 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.4894, 8.0429, 2.1228)
Luminance	0.0804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E311E #1E7B8E

analogous

#8E1E43 #8E311E #8E691E

triadic

#8E311E #1E8E31 #311E8E

tetradic

#8E311E #438E1E #1E7B8E #691E8E

square

#8E311E #438E1E #1E7B8E #691E8E

split-complementary

#8E311E #1E8E69 #1E438E

monochromatic

#290E09 #5B2013 #8E311E #C14229 #D9654D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.05

#8E311E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#8E311E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E311E

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E311E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E311E	1.00	8.05	2.61	8.05
#FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B431B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62581B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D182D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e311e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 49, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.130 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66e5b',
    500: '#8e311e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e311e;
$custom-light: #b66e5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e311e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.179,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44626,
    "c": 0.13022,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E311E

secondary

#4CA9BC

accent

#CCE840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E311E

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

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