#8B312F#8B312F

#8B312F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.123 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B312F
RGB	rgb(139, 49, 47)
HSL	hsl(1, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(1, 66%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 66.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.76, 38.16, 21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.76, 43.94, 29.74°)
OKLab	oklab(44.36% 0.112 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(44.36% 0.123 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.2601, 7.8925, 3.5666)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B312F #2F898B

analogous

#8B2F5B #8B312F #8B5F2F

triadic

#8B312F #2F8B31 #312F8B

tetradic

#8B312F #5B8B2F #2F898B #5F2F8B

square

#8B312F #5B8B2F #2F898B #5F2F8B

split-complementary

#8B312F #2F8B5F #2F5B8B

monochromatic

#301110 #5D2120 #8B312F #B9413E #CC6B68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#8B312F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8B312F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B312F

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B312F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B312F	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)

#49432E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F572D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#991D31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b312f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 49, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.123 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36e67',
    500: '#8b312f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b312f;
$custom-light: #b36e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b312f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.304,
    "s": 49.462,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44361,
    "c": 0.12335,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B312F

secondary

#63B1B3

accent

#D6D94F

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B312F

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