#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
RGB	rgb(139, 53, 25)
HSL	hsl(15, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(15, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.20, 35.11, 35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.20, 49.69, 45.05°)
OKLab	oklab(44.61% 0.098 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(44.61% 0.124 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0973, 8.1070, 1.8473)
Luminance	0.0810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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
##8B3519	1.00	8.01	2.62	8.01
#FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #8B3519

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

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