#8B3741#8B3741

#8B3741 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.115 H 15.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3741
RGB	rgb(139, 55, 65)
HSL	hsl(353, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(353, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 53.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.21, 36.67, 12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.21, 38.67, 18.52°)
OKLab	oklab(45.57% 0.1104 0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(45.57% 0.115 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.9688, 8.6046, 5.9779)
Luminance	0.0860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3741 #378B81

analogous

#8B376B #8B3741 #8B5737

triadic

#8B3741 #418B37 #37418B

tetradic

#8B3741 #6B8B37 #378B81 #57378B

square

#8B3741 #6B8B37 #378B81 #57378B

split-complementary

#8B3741 #378B57 #376B8B

monochromatic

#331418 #5F262C #8B3741 #B74856 #C8747E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.72

#8B3741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#8B3741 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3741

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3741	1.00	7.72	2.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	7.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F593F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982A3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 55, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.115 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17275',
    500: '#8b3741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3741;
$custom-light: #b17275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.857,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4557,
    "c": 0.11461,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3741

secondary

#6DB1A9

accent

#D3C455

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EDED

border

#D0C8C8

text

#110808

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3741

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

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