#8E331D#8E331D

#8E331D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.128 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E331D
RGB	rgb(142, 51, 29)
HSL	hsl(12, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(12, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 79.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.41, 37.39, 33.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.41, 50.14, 41.79°)
OKLab	oklab(44.88% 0.1055 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(44.88% 0.128 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.5623, 8.2089, 2.0852)
Luminance	0.0821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E331D #1D788E

analogous

#8E1D3F #8E331D #8E6B1D

triadic

#8E331D #1D8E33 #331D8E

tetradic

#8E331D #3F8E1D #1D788E #6B1D8E

square

#8E331D #3F8E1D #1D788E #6B1D8E

split-complementary

#8E331D #1D8E6B #1D3F8E

monochromatic

#280E08 #5B2113 #8E331D #C14527 #DA674B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.95

#8E331D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#8E331D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E331D

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E331D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E331D	1.00	7.95	2.64	7.95
#FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D441A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63581A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D1C2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e331d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 51, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.128 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66f5a',
    500: '#8e331d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e331d;
$custom-light: #b66f5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e331d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.681,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4488,
    "c": 0.12848,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E331D

secondary

#4AA6BD

accent

#C8E93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E331D

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

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