#8B3531#8B3531

#8B3531 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.118 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3531
RGB	rgb(139, 53, 49)
HSL	hsl(3, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(3, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 64.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.52, 36.37, 21.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.52, 42.24, 30.59°)
OKLab	oklab(44.94% 0.1068 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(44.94% 0.118 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.4761, 8.2586, 3.8422)
Luminance	0.0826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3531 #31878B

analogous

#8B315A #8B3531 #8B6231

triadic

#8B3531 #318B35 #35318B

tetradic

#8B3531 #5A8B31 #31878B #62318B

square

#8B3531 #5A8B31 #31878B #62318B

split-complementary

#8B3531 #318B62 #315A8B

monochromatic

#311211 #5E2421 #8B3531 #B84641 #CB706B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.92

#8B3531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#8B3531 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3531

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3531	1.00	7.92	2.65	7.92
#FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61582F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982435

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 53, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.118 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27069',
    500: '#8b3531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3531;
$custom-light: #b27069;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.667,
    "s": 47.872,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44942,
    "c": 0.11842,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3531

secondary

#65AFB2

accent

#D1D750

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120806

muted

#817B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3531

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

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