#8B3319#8B3319

#8B3319 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.126 H 36.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3319
RGB	rgb(139, 51, 25)
HSL	hsl(14, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(14, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.83, 36.09, 34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.83, 50.14, 43.96°)
OKLab	oklab(44.33% 0.1011 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(44.33% 0.126 36.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0081, 7.9285, 1.8176)
Luminance	0.0793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3319 #19718B

analogous

#8B1938 #8B3319 #8B6C19

triadic

#8B3319 #198B33 #33198B

tetradic

#8B3319 #388B19 #19718B #6C198B

square

#8B3319 #388B19 #19718B #6C198B

split-complementary

#8B3319 #198B6C #19388B

monochromatic

#230D06 #572010 #8B3319 #BF4622 #DD6541

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#8B3319 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8B3319 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3319

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3319	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3319	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4315

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625716

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#991D2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3319;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 51, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.126 36.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46e58',
    500: '#8b3319',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3319;
$custom-light: #b46e58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3319",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.684,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44327,
    "c": 0.12604,
    "h": 36.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3319

secondary

#42A2BE

accent

#C4EC3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3319

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

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