#8B3019#8B3019

#8B3019 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.129 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3019
RGB	rgb(139, 48, 25)
HSL	hsl(12, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(12, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.30, 37.52, 34.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.30, 50.82, 42.42°)
OKLab	oklab(43.92% 0.1055 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(43.92% 0.129 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.8812, 7.6748, 1.7753)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3019 #19748B

analogous

#8B193B #8B3019 #8B6919

triadic

#8B3019 #198B30 #30198B

tetradic

#8B3019 #3B8B19 #19748B #69198B

square

#8B3019 #3B8B19 #19748B #69198B

split-complementary

#8B3019 #198B69 #193B8B

monochromatic

#230C06 #571E10 #8B3019 #BF4222 #DD6141

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#8B3019 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8B3019 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3019

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3019	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3019	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605615

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99172B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3019;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 48, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.129 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46d57',
    500: '#8b3019',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3019;
$custom-light: #b46d57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3019",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.105,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43922,
    "c": 0.12894,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3019

secondary

#42A5BE

accent

#C9EC3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3019

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

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