#8B311A#8B311A

#8B311A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.128 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B311A
RGB	rgb(139, 49, 26)
HSL	hsl(12, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(12, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 81.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.48, 37.08, 33.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.48, 50.26, 42.45°)
OKLab	oklab(44.07% 0.1043 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(44.07% 0.128 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9335, 7.7619, 1.8469)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B311A #1A748B

analogous

#8B1A3C #8B311A #8B691A

triadic

#8B311A #1A8B31 #311A8B

tetradic

#8B311A #3C8B1A #1A748B #691A8B

square

#8B311A #3C8B1A #1A748B #691A8B

split-complementary

#8B311A #1A8B69 #1A3C8B

monochromatic

#240D07 #571F10 #8B311A #BF4324 #DC6343

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#8B311A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8B311A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B311A

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B311A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B311A	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)

#4B4217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615616

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99192C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b311a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 49, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.128 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46d58',
    500: '#8b311a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b311a;
$custom-light: #b46d58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b311a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.212,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44065,
    "c": 0.12774,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B311A

secondary

#44A4BD

accent

#C8EB3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B311A

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

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