#8B3022#8B3022

#8B3022 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.127 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3022
RGB	rgb(139, 48, 34)
HSL	hsl(8, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(8, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.39, 37.89, 29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.39, 47.90, 37.72°)
OKLab	oklab(44.03% 0.1084 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(44.03% 0.127 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9944, 7.7201, 2.3716)
Luminance	0.0772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3022 #227D8B

analogous

#8B2249 #8B3022 #8B6522

triadic

#8B3022 #228B30 #30228B

tetradic

#8B3022 #498B22 #227D8B #65228B

square

#8B3022 #498B22 #227D8B #65228B

split-complementary

#8B3022 #228B65 #22498B

monochromatic

#290E0A #5A1F16 #8B3022 #BC412E #D56453

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#8B3022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8B3022 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3022

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3022	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99192D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 48, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.127 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46d5e',
    500: '#8b3022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3022;
$custom-light: #b46d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44025,
    "c": 0.12691,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3022

secondary

#50ABB8

accent

#CFE444

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3022

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

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