#8B361B#8B361B

#8B361B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.123 H 37.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B361B
RGB	rgb(139, 54, 27)
HSL	hsl(14, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(14, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.41, 34.69, 34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.41, 48.80, 44.70°)
OKLab	oklab(44.77% 0.0971 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(44.77% 0.123 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.1658, 8.2081, 1.9804)
Luminance	0.0821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B361B #1B708B

analogous

#8B1B38 #8B361B #8B6E1B

triadic

#8B361B #1B8B36 #361B8B

tetradic

#8B361B #388B1B #1B708B #6E1B8B

square

#8B361B #388B1B #1B708B #6E1B8B

split-complementary

#8B361B #1B8B6E #1B388B

monochromatic

#250E07 #582211 #8B361B #BE4A25 #DB6945

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.95

#8B361B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#8B361B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B361B

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B361B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B361B	1.00	7.95	2.64	7.95
#FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#992230

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b361b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 54, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.123 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47059',
    500: '#8b361b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b361b;
$custom-light: #b47059;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b361b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.464,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4477,
    "c": 0.12265,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B361B

secondary

#45A0BC

accent

#C1EA3D

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120803

muted

#817B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B361B

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

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