#8B301F#8B301F

#8B301F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.128 H 32.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B301F
RGB	rgb(139, 48, 31)
HSL	hsl(9, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(9, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 77.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.36, 37.76, 31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.36, 48.86, 39.40°)
OKLab	oklab(43.99% 0.1074 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(43.99% 0.128 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.9530, 7.7035, 2.1536)
Luminance	0.0770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B301F #1F7A8B

analogous

#8B1F44 #8B301F #8B661F

triadic

#8B301F #1F8B30 #301F8B

tetradic

#8B301F #448B1F #1F7A8B #661F8B

square

#8B301F #448B1F #1F7A8B #661F8B

split-complementary

#8B301F #1F8B66 #1F448B

monochromatic

#270D09 #591F14 #8B301F #BD412A #D7634D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#8B301F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8B301F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B301F

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B301F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B301F	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A421D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99182D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b301f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 48, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.128 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46d5c',
    500: '#8b301f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b301f;
$custom-light: #b46d5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b301f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.444,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43987,
    "c": 0.12758,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B301F

secondary

#4CA9BA

accent

#CDE741

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B301F

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

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