#8B3219#8B3219

#8B3219 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.127 H 36.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B3219
RGBrgb(139, 50, 25)
HSLhsl(13, 70%, 32%)
HSVhsv(13, 82%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 64%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(33.65, 36.57, 34.63)
CIE-LCHlch(33.65, 50.36, 43.44°)
OKLaboklab(44.19% 0.1025 0.075)
OKLCHoklch(44.19% 0.127 36.2)
XYZxyz(11.9649, 7.8421, 1.8032)
Luminance0.0784 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B3219 #19728B
analogous
#8B1939 #8B3219 #8B6B19
triadic
#8B3219 #198B32 #32198B
tetradic
#8B3219 #398B19 #19728B #6B198B
square
#8B3219 #398B19 #19728B #6B198B
split-complementary
#8B3219 #198B6B #19398B
monochromatic
#230D06 #571F10 #8B3219 #BF4522 #DD6441

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18
#8B3219 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57
#8B3219 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3219
8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B3219#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8B32191.008.182.578.18
#FFFFFF8.181.0021.001.00
#0000002.5721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.181.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4B4315
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#615715
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#991B2D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b3219;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 50, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.127 36.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46e58',
    500: '#8b3219',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b3219;
$custom-light: #b46e58;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b3219",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.158,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4419,
    "c": 0.12701,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B3219
secondary
#42A3BE
accent
#C6EC3B
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8ECE9
border
#D1C7C5
text
#120703
muted
#817A78

Preview Lab

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#8B3219 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva