#8B381E#8B381E

#8B381E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.120 H 37.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B381E
RGB	rgb(139, 56, 30)
HSL	hsl(14, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(14, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.83, 33.80, 33.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.83, 47.33, 44.42°)
OKLab	oklab(45.09% 0.095 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(45.09% 0.12 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.2973, 8.4127, 2.2043)
Luminance	0.0841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B381E #1E718B

analogous

#8B1E3A #8B381E #8B6E1E

triadic

#8B381E #1E8B38 #381E8B

tetradic

#8B381E #3A8B1E #1E718B #6E1E8B

square

#8B381E #3A8B1E #1E718B #6E1E8B

split-complementary

#8B381E #1E8B6E #1E3A8B

monochromatic

#260F08 #592413 #8B381E #BD4C29 #D86D4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.83

#8B381E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#8B381E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B381E

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B381E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B381E	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)

#4F461B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63591B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#992533

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b381e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 56, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.120 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4715b',
    500: '#8b381e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b381e;
$custom-light: #b4715b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b381e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.312,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45094,
    "c": 0.11988,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B381E

secondary

#4AA0BB

accent

#C0E740

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120804

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B381E

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

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