#8B3545#8B3545

#8B3545 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.118 H 11.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3545
RGB	rgb(139, 53, 69)
HSL	hsl(349, 45%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(349, 62%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 50.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.94, 38.04, 9.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.94, 39.17, 13.80°)
OKLab	oklab(45.39% 0.1151 0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(45.39% 0.118 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.9957, 8.4664, 6.5789)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3545 #358B7B

analogous

#8B3570 #8B3545 #8B5035

triadic

#8B3545 #458B35 #35458B

tetradic

#8B3545 #708B35 #358B7B #50358B

square

#8B3545 #708B35 #358B7B #50358B

split-complementary

#8B3545 #358B50 #35708B

monochromatic

#321319 #5F242F #8B3545 #B7465B #C97182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#8B3545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#8B3545 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3545

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3545	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97283B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 53, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.118 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17078',
    500: '#8b3545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3545;
$custom-light: #b17078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.837,
    "s": 44.792,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45394,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3545

secondary

#6AB1A4

accent

#D4BC53

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EDED

border

#D0C8C8

text

#110809

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3545

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

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