#8E331B#8E331B

#8E331B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.129 H 35.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E331B
RGB	rgb(142, 51, 27)
HSL	hsl(13, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(13, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.39, 37.31, 34.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.39, 50.80, 42.74°)
OKLab	oklab(44.86% 0.1049 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(44.86% 0.129 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.5384, 8.1994, 1.9591)
Luminance	0.0820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E331B #1B768E

analogous

#8E1B3C #8E331B #8E6C1B

triadic

#8E331B #1B8E33 #331B8E

tetradic

#8E331B #3C8E1B #1B768E #6C1B8E

square

#8E331B #3C8E1B #1B768E #6C1B8E

split-complementary

#8E331B #1B8E6C #1B3C8E

monochromatic

#270E07 #5B2111 #8E331B #C14525 #DC6647

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.96

#8E331B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#8E331B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E331B

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E331B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E331B	1.00	7.96	2.64	7.96
#FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4418

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635817

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D1B2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e331b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 51, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.129 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66f59',
    500: '#8e331b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e331b;
$custom-light: #b66f59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e331b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.522,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44859,
    "c": 0.12895,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E331B

secondary

#47A5BE

accent

#C7EB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E331B

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

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