#8B3524#8B3524

#8B3524 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.121 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3524
RGB	rgb(139, 53, 36)
HSL	hsl(10, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(10, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 74.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.32, 35.59, 29.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.32, 46.02, 39.34°)
OKLab	oklab(44.73% 0.1017 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(44.73% 0.121 33)
XYZ	xyz(12.2403, 8.1642, 2.6000)
Luminance	0.0816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3524 #247A8B

analogous

#8B2447 #8B3524 #8B6924

triadic

#8B3524 #248B35 #35248B

tetradic

#8B3524 #478B24 #247A8B #69248B

square

#8B3524 #478B24 #247A8B #69248B

split-complementary

#8B3524 #248B69 #24478B

monochromatic

#2A100B #5A2217 #8B3524 #BC4831 #D36B56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#8B3524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#8B3524 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3524

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3524	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625821

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#992131

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 53, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.121 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3705f',
    500: '#8b3524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3524;
$custom-light: #b3705f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.903,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44734,
    "c": 0.12127,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.08163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3524

secondary

#53A7B7

accent

#C8E246

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120804

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3524

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

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