#8B3422#8B3422

#8B3422 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.123 H 33.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3422
RGB	rgb(139, 52, 34)
HSL	hsl(10, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(10, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.11, 35.98, 30.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.11, 46.91, 39.92°)
OKLab	oklab(44.57% 0.1025 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(44.57% 0.123 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1655, 8.0621, 2.4286)
Luminance	0.0806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3422 #22798B

analogous

#8B2245 #8B3422 #8B6922

triadic

#8B3422 #228B34 #34228B

tetradic

#8B3422 #458B22 #22798B #69228B

square

#8B3422 #458B22 #22798B #69228B

split-complementary

#8B3422 #228B69 #22458B

monochromatic

#290F0A #5A2216 #8B3422 #BC462E #D56953

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#8B3422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#8B3422 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3422

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3422	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61571F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#992030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 52, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.123 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46f5e',
    500: '#8b3422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3422;
$custom-light: #b46f5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.286,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44567,
    "c": 0.12281,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3422

secondary

#50A7B8

accent

#C8E444

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3422

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

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