#8E341A#8E341A

#8E341A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.128 H 36.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E341A
RGB	rgb(142, 52, 26)
HSL	hsl(13, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(13, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.57, 36.80, 35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.57, 50.91, 43.71°)
OKLab	oklab(44.99% 0.1031 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(44.99% 0.128 36.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.5712, 8.2831, 1.9139)
Luminance	0.0828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E341A #1A748E

analogous

#8E1A3A #8E341A #8E6E1A

triadic

#8E341A #1A8E34 #341A8E

tetradic

#8E341A #3A8E1A #1A748E #6E1A8E

square

#8E341A #3A8E1A #1A748E #6E1A8E

split-complementary

#8E341A #1A8E6E #1A3A8E

monochromatic

#270E07 #5A2111 #8E341A #C24723 #DD6745

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.91

#8E341A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#8E341A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E341A

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E341A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E341A	1.00	7.91	2.66	7.91
#FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4516

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645916

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D1D2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e341a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 52, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.128 36.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76f58',
    500: '#8e341a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e341a;
$custom-light: #b76f58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e341a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.448,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44985,
    "c": 0.12822,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E341A

secondary

#45A3BE

accent

#C4EC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130803

muted

#827B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E341A

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

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