#8B3318#8B3318

#8B3318 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.126 H 37.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3318
RGB	rgb(139, 51, 24)
HSL	hsl(14, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(14, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.82, 36.05, 35.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.82, 50.47, 44.41°)
OKLab	oklab(44.32% 0.1008 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(44.32% 0.126 37.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.9975, 7.9243, 1.7618)
Luminance	0.0792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3318 #18708B

analogous

#8B1837 #8B3318 #8B6D18

triadic

#8B3318 #188B33 #33188B

tetradic

#8B3318 #378B18 #18708B #6D188B

square

#8B3318 #378B18 #18708B #6D188B

split-complementary

#8B3318 #188B6D #18378B

monochromatic

#230D06 #57200F #8B3318 #BF4621 #DE653F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#8B3318 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8B3318 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3318

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3318	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3318	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4314

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625714

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#991C2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3318;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 51, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.126 37.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46e57',
    500: '#8b3318',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3318;
$custom-light: #b46e57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3318",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.087,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44317,
    "c": 0.12629,
    "h": 37.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3318

secondary

#40A1BE

accent

#C3ED3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3318

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

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