#8B4136#8B4136

#8B4136 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.103 H 30.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4136
RGB	rgb(139, 65, 54)
HSL	hsl(8, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(8, 61%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 61.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.00, 30.52, 21.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.00, 37.36, 35.22°)
OKLab	oklab(46.85% 0.0894 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(46.85% 0.103 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.2047, 9.5374, 4.6348)
Luminance	0.0954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4136 #36808B

analogous

#8B3655 #8B4136 #8B6B36

triadic

#8B4136 #368B41 #41368B

tetradic

#8B4136 #558B36 #36808B #6B368B

square

#8B4136 #558B36 #36808B #6B368B

split-complementary

#8B4136 #368B6B #36558B

monochromatic

#331814 #5F2C25 #8B4136 #B75647 #C97E73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#8B4136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#8B4136 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4136

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4136	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98343F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 65, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.103 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1776d',
    500: '#8b4136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4136;
$custom-light: #b1776d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.765,
    "s": 44.041,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46848,
    "c": 0.10336,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4136

secondary

#6CA8B1

accent

#C3D454

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEB

border

#D0C8C6

text

#110907

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4136

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

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