#8B372D#8B372D

#8B372D is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.117 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B372D
RGB	rgb(139, 55, 45)
HSL	hsl(6, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(6, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 67.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.83, 35.11, 24.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.83, 42.73, 34.75°)
OKLab	oklab(45.16% 0.102 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(45.16% 0.117 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.4885, 8.4124, 3.4482)
Luminance	0.0841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B372D #2D818B

analogous

#8B2D52 #8B372D #8B662D

triadic

#8B372D #2D8B37 #372D8B

tetradic

#8B372D #528B2D #2D818B #662D8B

square

#8B372D #528B2D #2D818B #662D8B

split-complementary

#8B372D #2D8B66 #2D528B

monochromatic

#2F120F #5D251E #8B372D #B9493C #CD7065

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.83

#8B372D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#8B372D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B372D

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B372D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B372D	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)

#4D472C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62592B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#992635

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b372d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 55, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.117 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37166',
    500: '#8b372d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b372d;
$custom-light: #b37166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b372d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.383,
    "s": 51.087,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45156,
    "c": 0.11692,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B372D

secondary

#60ABB4

accent

#CCDB4D

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEB

border

#D0C8C6

text

#120806

muted

#817B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B372D

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

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