#8B4036#8B4036

#8B4036 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.105 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4036
RGB	rgb(139, 64, 54)
HSL	hsl(7, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(7, 61%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54%, 61.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.79, 31.06, 21.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.79, 37.64, 34.41°)
OKLab	oklab(46.69% 0.0911 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(46.69% 0.105 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.1478, 9.4236, 4.6159)
Luminance	0.0942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4036 #36818B

analogous

#8B3656 #8B4036 #8B6A36

triadic

#8B4036 #368B40 #40368B

tetradic

#8B4036 #568B36 #36818B #6A368B

square

#8B4036 #568B36 #36818B #6A368B

split-complementary

#8B4036 #368B6A #36568B

monochromatic

#331714 #5F2C25 #8B4036 #B75447 #C97D73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#8B4036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#8B4036 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4036

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4036	1.00	7.28	2.88	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98333E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 64, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.105 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2776d',
    500: '#8b4036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4036;
$custom-light: #b2776d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.059,
    "s": 44.041,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46688,
    "c": 0.10451,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4036

secondary

#6CA9B1

accent

#C5D454

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEB

border

#D0C8C6

text

#110907

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4036

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

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