#8B3423#8B3423

#8B3423 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.123 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3423
RGB	rgb(139, 52, 35)
HSL	hsl(10, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(10, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.12, 36.03, 29.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.12, 46.59, 39.34°)
OKLab	oklab(44.58% 0.1028 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(44.58% 0.123 33)
XYZ	xyz(12.1801, 8.0680, 2.5057)
Luminance	0.0807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3423 #237A8B

analogous

#8B2346 #8B3423 #8B6823

triadic

#8B3423 #238B34 #34238B

tetradic

#8B3423 #468B23 #237A8B #68238B

square

#8B3423 #468B23 #237A8B #68238B

split-complementary

#8B3423 #238B68 #23468B

monochromatic

#290F0A #5A2217 #8B3423 #BC462F #D46954

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#8B3423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#8B3423 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3423

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3423	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)

#4C4421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615720

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#992030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 52, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.123 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46f5f',
    500: '#8b3423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3423;
$custom-light: #b46f5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.808,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4458,
    "c": 0.12255,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.08066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3423

secondary

#52A7B8

accent

#C9E345

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3423

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

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