#8B312E#8B312E

#8B312E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.123 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B312E
RGB	rgb(139, 49, 46)
HSL	hsl(2, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(2, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 66.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.74, 38.09, 22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.74, 44.19, 30.46°)
OKLab	oklab(44.34% 0.1116 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(44.34% 0.124 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.2401, 7.8845, 3.4616)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8B312E #2E888B

analogous

#8B2E5A #8B312E #8B602E

triadic

#8B312E #2E8B31 #312E8B

tetradic

#8B312E #5A8B2E #2E888B #602E8B

square

#8B312E #5A8B2E #2E888B #602E8B

split-complementary

#8B312E #2E8B60 #2E5A8B

monochromatic

#2F1110 #5D211F #8B312E #B9413D #CD6A67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#8B312E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8B312E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B312E

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B312E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B312E	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49432D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F572C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#991D31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b312e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 49, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.123 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36e66',
    500: '#8b312e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b312e;
$custom-light: #b36e66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b312e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.935,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44343,
    "c": 0.1235,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B312E

secondary

#61B1B3

accent

#D5DA4E

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B312E

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