#8B3418#8B3418

#8B3418 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.125 H 37.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3418
RGB	rgb(139, 52, 24)
HSL	hsl(15, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(15, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.01, 35.57, 35.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.01, 50.25, 44.94°)
OKLab	oklab(44.46% 0.0993 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(44.46% 0.125 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0416, 8.0126, 1.7765)
Luminance	0.0801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3418 #186F8B

analogous

#8B1835 #8B3418 #8B6E18

triadic

#8B3418 #188B34 #34188B

tetradic

#8B3418 #358B18 #186F8B #6E188B

square

#8B3418 #358B18 #186F8B #6E188B

split-complementary

#8B3418 #188B6E #18358B

monochromatic

#230D06 #57200F #8B3418 #BF4821 #DE663F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#8B3418 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8B3418 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3418

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3418	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3418	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4414

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625715

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#991E2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3418;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 52, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.125 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46f57',
    500: '#8b3418',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3418;
$custom-light: #b46f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3418",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.609,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44457,
    "c": 0.12533,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3418

secondary

#40A0BE

accent

#C2ED3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3418

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

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