#8B373E#8B373E

#8B373E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.115 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B373E
RGB	rgb(139, 55, 62)
HSL	hsl(355, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(355, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 55.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.14, 36.40, 14.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.14, 39.04, 21.18°)
OKLab	oklab(45.5% 0.1091 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(45.5% 0.115 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.8842, 8.5707, 5.5323)
Luminance	0.0857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B373E #378B84

analogous

#8B3768 #8B373E #8B5A37

triadic

#8B373E #3E8B37 #373E8B

tetradic

#8B373E #688B37 #378B84 #5A378B

square

#8B373E #688B37 #378B84 #5A378B

split-complementary

#8B373E #378B5A #37688B

monochromatic

#331417 #5F262A #8B373E #B74852 #C8747B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#8B373E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#8B373E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B373E

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B373E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B373E	1.00	7.74	2.71	7.74
#FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B483E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60593C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98293A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b373e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 55, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.115 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17173',
    500: '#8b373e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b373e;
$custom-light: #b17173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b373e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45497,
    "c": 0.11461,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B373E

secondary

#6DB1AB

accent

#D3C955

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEC

border

#D0C8C7

text

#110808

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B373E

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

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