#8B372F#8B372F

#8B372F is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.116 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B372F
RGB	rgb(139, 55, 47)
HSL	hsl(5, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(5, 66%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 66.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.86, 35.24, 23.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.86, 42.17, 33.32°)
OKLab	oklab(45.19% 0.1028 0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(45.19% 0.116 28)
XYZ	xyz(12.5279, 8.4282, 3.6559)
Luminance	0.0843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B372F #2F838B

analogous

#8B2F55 #8B372F #8B652F

triadic

#8B372F #2F8B37 #372F8B

tetradic

#8B372F #558B2F #2F838B #652F8B

square

#8B372F #558B2F #2F838B #652F8B

split-complementary

#8B372F #2F8B65 #2F558B

monochromatic

#301310 #5D2520 #8B372F #B9493E #CC7168

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#8B372F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#8B372F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B372F

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B372F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B372F	1.00	7.82	2.69	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D472E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62592D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982636

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b372f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 55, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.116 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27167',
    500: '#8b372f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b372f;
$custom-light: #b27167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b372f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.217,
    "s": 49.462,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4519,
    "c": 0.11649,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.08427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B372F

secondary

#63ACB3

accent

#CDD94F

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEB

border

#D0C8C6

text

#120806

muted

#817B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B372F

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

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