#8B3733#8B3733

#8B3733 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.116 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3733
RGB	rgb(139, 55, 51)
HSL	hsl(3, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(3, 63%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 63.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.93, 35.52, 20.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.93, 41.14, 30.32°)
OKLab	oklab(45.26% 0.1045 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(45.26% 0.116 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.6123, 8.4620, 4.1005)
Luminance	0.0846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3733 #33878B

analogous

#8B335B #8B3733 #8B6333

triadic

#8B3733 #338B37 #37338B

tetradic

#8B3733 #5B8B33 #33878B #63338B

square

#8B3733 #5B8B33 #33878B #63338B

split-complementary

#8B3733 #338B63 #335B8B

monochromatic

#311412 #5E2523 #8B3733 #B84943 #CA736E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#8B3733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#8B3733 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3733

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3733	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982737

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 55, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.116 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2716a',
    500: '#8b3733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3733;
$custom-light: #b2716a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.727,
    "s": 46.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45263,
    "c": 0.11573,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3733

secondary

#68AFB2

accent

#D0D652

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEB

border

#D0C8C6

text

#120806

muted

#817B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3733

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

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