#8B3E27#8B3E27

#8B3E27 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.111 H 37.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3E27
RGB	rgb(139, 62, 39)
HSL	hsl(14, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(14, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 71.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.14, 31.12, 29.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.14, 42.87, 43.46°)
OKLab	oklab(46.13% 0.0884 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(46.13% 0.111 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.7375, 9.0823, 3.0014)
Luminance	0.0908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3E27 #27748B

analogous

#8B2742 #8B3E27 #8B7027

triadic

#8B3E27 #278B3E #3E278B

tetradic

#8B3E27 #428B27 #27748B #70278B

square

#8B3E27 #428B27 #27748B #70278B

split-complementary

#8B3E27 #278B70 #27428B

monochromatic

#2B130C #5B291A #8B3E27 #BB5334 #D1765B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.46

#8B3E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#8B3E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3E27

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3E27	1.00	7.46	2.82	7.46
#FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534B24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#992E39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 62, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.111 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37562',
    500: '#8b3e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3e27;
$custom-light: #b37562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.8,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46125,
    "c": 0.11119,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3E27

secondary

#58A0B6

accent

#BDDF48

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDEA

border

#D0C8C6

text

#120805

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3E27

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

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