#8B311E#8B311E

#8B311E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.127 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B311E
RGB	rgb(139, 49, 30)
HSL	hsl(10, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(10, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.52, 37.24, 31.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.52, 48.95, 40.45°)
OKLab	oklab(44.11% 0.1056 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(44.11% 0.127 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9814, 7.7810, 2.0990)
Luminance	0.0778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B311E #1E788B

analogous

#8B1E41 #8B311E #8B671E

triadic

#8B311E #1E8B31 #311E8B

tetradic

#8B311E #418B1E #1E788B #671E8B

square

#8B311E #418B1E #1E788B #671E8B

split-complementary

#8B311E #1E8B67 #1E418B

monochromatic

#260E08 #591F13 #8B311E #BD4329 #D8644B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#8B311E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8B311E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B311E

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B311E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B311E	1.00	8.22	2.56	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A421B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61561B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#991A2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b311e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 49, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.127 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46d5b',
    500: '#8b311e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b311e;
$custom-light: #b46d5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b311e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.459,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44108,
    "c": 0.12681,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B311E

secondary

#4AA7BB

accent

#CAE740

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B311E

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

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