#8B383E#8B383E

#8B383E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.113 H 18.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B383E
RGB	rgb(139, 56, 62)
HSL	hsl(356, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(356, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 55.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.33, 35.90, 14.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.33, 38.66, 21.80°)
OKLab	oklab(45.64% 0.1075 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(45.64% 0.113 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.9322, 8.6667, 5.5483)
Luminance	0.0867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B383E #388B85

analogous

#8B3867 #8B383E #8B5B38

triadic

#8B383E #3E8B38 #383E8B

tetradic

#8B383E #678B38 #388B85 #5B388B

square

#8B383E #678B38 #388B85 #5B388B

split-complementary

#8B383E #388B5B #38678B

monochromatic

#341517 #5F262B #8B383E #B64A52 #C8767C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#8B383E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#8B383E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B383E

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B383E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B383E	1.00	7.68	2.73	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B483E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982B3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b383e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 56, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.113 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17273',
    500: '#8b383e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b383e;
$custom-light: #b17273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b383e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.663,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4564,
    "c": 0.1133,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B383E

secondary

#6EB1AC

accent

#D2C955

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEC

border

#D0C8C7

text

#110808

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B383E

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

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