#8B3118#8B3118

#8B3118 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.128 H 36.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3118
RGB	rgb(139, 49, 24)
HSL	hsl(13, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(13, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.46, 37.01, 34.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.46, 50.92, 43.38°)
OKLab	oklab(44.05% 0.1037 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(44.05% 0.128 36)
XYZ	xyz(11.9120, 7.7533, 1.7333)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3118 #18728B

analogous

#8B1839 #8B3118 #8B6A18

triadic

#8B3118 #188B31 #31188B

tetradic

#8B3118 #398B18 #18728B #6A188B

square

#8B3118 #398B18 #18728B #6A188B

split-complementary

#8B3118 #188B6A #18398B

monochromatic

#230C06 #571F0F #8B3118 #BF4321 #DE623F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#8B3118 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8B3118 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3118

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3118	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3118	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4214

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615614

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99192C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3118;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 49, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.128 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46d57',
    500: '#8b3118',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3118;
$custom-light: #b46d57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3118",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.043,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44045,
    "c": 0.1282,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.07752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3118

secondary

#40A3BE

accent

#C6ED3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3118

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

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