#8B372C#8B372C

#8B372C is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.117 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B372C
RGB	rgb(139, 55, 44)
HSL	hsl(7, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(7, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 68.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.81, 35.04, 24.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.81, 43.02, 35.45°)
OKLab	oklab(45.14% 0.1016 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(45.14% 0.117 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.4695, 8.4048, 3.3481)
Luminance	0.0840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B372C #2C808B

analogous

#8B2C50 #8B372C #8B662C

triadic

#8B372C #2C8B37 #372C8B

tetradic

#8B372C #508B2C #2C808B #662C8B

square

#8B372C #508B2C #2C808B #662C8B

split-complementary

#8B372C #2C8B66 #2C508B

monochromatic

#2E120F #5D251D #8B372C #B9493B #CE7064

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.83

#8B372C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#8B372C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B372C

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B372C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B372C	1.00	7.83	2.68	7.83
#FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D462B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62592A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#992635

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b372c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 55, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.117 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37165',
    500: '#8b372c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b372c;
$custom-light: #b37165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b372c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.947,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45139,
    "c": 0.11716,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B372C

secondary

#5FAAB4

accent

#CBDB4C

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEB

border

#D0C8C6

text

#120805

muted

#817B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B372C

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

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