#8B3221#8B3221

#8B3221 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.125 H 32.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3221
RGB	rgb(139, 50, 33)
HSL	hsl(10, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(10, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 76.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.74, 36.90, 30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.74, 47.73, 39.36°)
OKLab	oklab(44.28% 0.1051 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(44.28% 0.125 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0639, 7.8817, 2.3246)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3221 #217A8B

analogous

#8B2145 #8B3221 #8B6721

triadic

#8B3221 #218B32 #32218B

tetradic

#8B3221 #458B21 #217A8B #67218B

square

#8B3221 #458B21 #217A8B #67218B

split-complementary

#8B3221 #218B67 #21458B

monochromatic

#280E0A #5A2015 #8B3221 #BC442D #D66651

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#8B3221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8B3221 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3221

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3221	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)

#4B431F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61571E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#991C2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 50, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.125 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46e5d',
    500: '#8b3221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3221;
$custom-light: #b46e5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.623,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44279,
    "c": 0.12509,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3221

secondary

#4FA8B9

accent

#CBE543

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3221

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

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