#8B321D#8B321D

#8B321D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.126 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B321D
RGBrgb(139, 50, 29)
HSLhsl(11, 65%, 33%)
HSVhsv(11, 79%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 64%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(33.69, 36.73, 32.49)
CIE-LCHlch(33.69, 49.04, 41.50°)
OKLaboklab(44.23% 0.1038 0.0715)
OKLCHoklch(44.23% 0.126 34.6)
XYZxyz(12.0111, 7.8606, 2.0469)
Luminance0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B321D #1D768B
analogous
#8B1D3F #8B321D #8B691D
triadic
#8B321D #1D8B32 #321D8B
tetradic
#8B321D #3F8B1D #1D768B #691D8B
square
#8B321D #3F8B1D #1D768B #691D8B
split-complementary
#8B321D #1D8B69 #1D3F8B
monochromatic
#260E08 #582012 #8B321D #BE4428 #D96549

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17
#8B321D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57
#8B321D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B321D
8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B321D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8B321D1.008.172.578.17
#FFFFFF8.171.0021.001.00
#0000002.5721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.171.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4B431A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#61571A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#991B2E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b321d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 50, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.126 34.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46e5a',
    500: '#8b321d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b321d;
$custom-light: #b46e5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b321d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.455,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44232,
    "c": 0.12605,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B321D
secondary
#49A5BB
accent
#C8E83F
background
#FBF6F5
surface
#F7ECE9
border
#D0C7C5
text
#120704
muted
#817A79

Preview Lab

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#8B321D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva