#8B3D29#8B3D29

#8B3D29 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.112 H 35.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3D29
RGB	rgb(139, 61, 41)
HSL	hsl(12, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 70.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.96, 31.76, 28.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.96, 42.42, 41.51°)
OKLab	oklab(46% 0.0908 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(46% 0.112 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.7176, 8.9882, 3.1626)
Luminance	0.0899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3D29 #29778B

analogous

#8B2946 #8B3D29 #8B6E29

triadic

#8B3D29 #298B3D #3D298B

tetradic

#8B3D29 #468B29 #29778B #6E298B

square

#8B3D29 #468B29 #29778B #6E298B

split-complementary

#8B3D29 #298B6E #29468B

monochromatic

#2C140D #5C281B #8B3D29 #BA5237 #D0765F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.51

#8B3D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#8B3D29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3D29

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3D29	1.00	7.51	2.80	7.51
#FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524A27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#992D38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 61, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.112 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37563',
    500: '#8b3d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3d29;
$custom-light: #b37563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.245,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45996,
    "c": 0.11155,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3D29

secondary

#5BA3B5

accent

#C0DE4A

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDEA

border

#D0C8C6

text

#120805

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3D29

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

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