#8B3519#8B3519

#8B3519 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.124 H 37.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B3519
RGBrgb(139, 53, 25)
HSLhsl(15, 70%, 32%)
HSVhsv(15, 82%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 61.9%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(34.20, 35.11, 35.17)
CIE-LCHlch(34.20, 49.69, 45.05°)
OKLaboklab(44.61% 0.098 0.0761)
OKLCHoklch(44.61% 0.124 37.8)
XYZxyz(12.0973, 8.1070, 1.8473)
Luminance0.0810 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B3519 #196F8B
analogous
#8B1936 #8B3519 #8B6E19
triadic
#8B3519 #198B35 #35198B
tetradic
#8B3519 #368B19 #196F8B #6E198B
square
#8B3519 #368B19 #196F8B #6E198B
split-complementary
#8B3519 #198B6E #19368B
monochromatic
#230D06 #572110 #8B3519 #BF4922 #DD6841

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.01
#8B3519 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62
#8B3519 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3519
8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B3519#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8B35191.008.012.628.01
#FFFFFF8.011.0021.001.00
#0000002.6221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.011.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4D4415
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#625816
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#99202F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b3519;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 53, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.124 37.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47058',
    500: '#8b3519',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b3519;
$custom-light: #b47058;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b3519",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.737,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44607,
    "c": 0.12413,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B3519
secondary
#429FBE
accent
#C1EC3B
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8ECE9
border
#D1C7C5
text
#120803
muted
#817B78

Preview Lab

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#8B3519 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva