#8B331E#8B331E

#8B331E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.125 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B331E
RGB	rgb(139, 51, 30)
HSL	hsl(12, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(12, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.88, 36.29, 32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.88, 48.47, 41.53°)
OKLab	oklab(44.38% 0.1026 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(44.38% 0.125 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0669, 7.9520, 2.1275)
Luminance	0.0795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B331E #1E768B

analogous

#8B1E3F #8B331E #8B691E

triadic

#8B331E #1E8B33 #331E8B

tetradic

#8B331E #3F8B1E #1E768B #691E8B

square

#8B331E #3F8B1E #1E768B #691E8B

split-complementary

#8B331E #1E8B69 #1E3F8B

monochromatic

#260E08 #592113 #8B331E #BD4529 #D8664B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#8B331E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8B331E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B331E

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B331E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B331E	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C431B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61571B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#991D2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b331e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 51, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.125 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46e5b',
    500: '#8b331e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b331e;
$custom-light: #b46e5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b331e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.56,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4438,
    "c": 0.12482,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B331E

secondary

#4AA5BB

accent

#C7E740

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B331E

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

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