#8B301B#8B301B

#8B301B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.128 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B301B
RGB	rgb(139, 48, 27)
HSL	hsl(11, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(11, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.32, 37.59, 33.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.32, 50.16, 41.46°)
OKLab	oklab(43.94% 0.1061 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(43.94% 0.128 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9036, 7.6837, 1.8930)
Luminance	0.0768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B301B #1B768B

analogous

#8B1B3E #8B301B #8B681B

triadic

#8B301B #1B8B30 #301B8B

tetradic

#8B301B #3E8B1B #1B768B #681B8B

square

#8B301B #3E8B1B #1B768B #681B8B

split-complementary

#8B301B #1B8B68 #1B3E8B

monochromatic

#250D07 #581E11 #8B301B #BE4225 #DB6145

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#8B301B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8B301B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B301B

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B301B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B301B	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605617

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99182C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b301b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 48, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.128 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46d59',
    500: '#8b301b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b301b;
$custom-light: #b46d59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b301b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.25,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43942,
    "c": 0.12849,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B301B

secondary

#45A6BC

accent

#CAEA3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B301B

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

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