#8B3F28#8B3F28

#8B3F28 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.110 H 37.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3F28
RGB	rgb(139, 63, 40)
HSL	hsl(14, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(14, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.7%, 71.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.36, 30.64, 29.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.36, 42.30, 43.58°)
OKLab	oklab(46.3% 0.0872 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(46.3% 0.11 37.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.8092, 9.1988, 3.1081)
Luminance	0.0920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3F28 #28748B

analogous

#8B2843 #8B3F28 #8B7028

triadic

#8B3F28 #288B3F #3F288B

tetradic

#8B3F28 #438B28 #28748B #70288B

square

#8B3F28 #438B28 #28748B #70288B

split-complementary

#8B3F28 #288B70 #28438B

monochromatic

#2C140D #5B291A #8B3F28 #BB5536 #D0785D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#8B3F28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#8B3F28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3F28

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3F28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3F28	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665C26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99303A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3f28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 63, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.110 37.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37663',
    500: '#8b3f28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3f28;
$custom-light: #b37663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3f28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.939,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46297,
    "c": 0.10986,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3F28

secondary

#59A0B6

accent

#BCDF49

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDEA

border

#D0C8C6

text

#120805

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3F28

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

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