#8B3218#8B3218

#8B3218 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.127 H 36.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3218
RGB	rgb(139, 50, 24)
HSL	hsl(14, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(14, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.64, 36.54, 35.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.64, 50.69, 43.89°)
OKLab	oklab(44.18% 0.1022 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(44.18% 0.127 36.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9543, 7.8378, 1.7474)
Luminance	0.0784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3218 #18718B

analogous

#8B1838 #8B3218 #8B6C18

triadic

#8B3218 #188B32 #32188B

tetradic

#8B3218 #388B18 #18718B #6C188B

square

#8B3218 #388B18 #18718B #6C188B

split-complementary

#8B3218 #188B6C #18388B

monochromatic

#230C06 #571F0F #8B3218 #BF4521 #DE633F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#8B3218 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8B3218 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3218

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3218	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3218	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4314

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615714

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#991B2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3218;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 50, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.127 36.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46e57',
    500: '#8b3218',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3218;
$custom-light: #b46e57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3218",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.565,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4418,
    "c": 0.12724,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3218

secondary

#40A2BE

accent

#C5ED3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3218

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

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