#8B371D#8B371D

#8B371D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.121 H 37.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B371D
RGB	rgb(139, 55, 29)
HSL	hsl(14, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(14, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.62, 34.27, 33.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.62, 47.89, 44.32°)
OKLab	oklab(44.94% 0.0962 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(44.94% 0.121 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.2367, 8.3117, 2.1221)
Luminance	0.0831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B371D #1D718B

analogous

#8B1D3A #8B371D #8B6E1D

triadic

#8B371D #1D8B37 #371D8B

tetradic

#8B371D #3A8B1D #1D718B #6E1D8B

square

#8B371D #3A8B1D #1D718B #6E1D8B

split-complementary

#8B371D #1D8B6E #1D3A8B

monochromatic

#260F08 #582312 #8B371D #BE4B28 #D96B49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#8B371D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#8B371D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B371D

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B371D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B371D	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E461A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63581A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#992332

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b371d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 55, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.121 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4715b',
    500: '#8b371d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b371d;
$custom-light: #b4715b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b371d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.182,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44937,
    "c": 0.12114,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B371D

secondary

#49A0BB

accent

#C0E83F

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120804

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B371D

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

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