#8B4239#8B4239

#8B4239 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.101 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4239
RGB	rgb(139, 66, 57)
HSL	hsl(7, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(7, 59%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 59%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.27, 30.22, 20.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.27, 36.26, 33.56°)
OKLab	oklab(47.07% 0.089 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(47.07% 0.101 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.3353, 9.6823, 5.0367)
Luminance	0.0968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4239 #39828B

analogous

#8B3959 #8B4239 #8B6B39

triadic

#8B4239 #398B42 #42398B

tetradic

#8B4239 #598B39 #39828B #6B398B

square

#8B4239 #598B39 #39828B #6B398B

split-complementary

#8B4239 #398B6B #39598B

monochromatic

#341915 #602D27 #8B4239 #B5574C #C78077

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#8B4239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#8B4239 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4239

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4239	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#983640

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 66, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.101 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1786f',
    500: '#8b4239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4239;
$custom-light: #b1786f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.585,
    "s": 41.837,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47069,
    "c": 0.10142,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4239

secondary

#6FA9B0

accent

#C4D256

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEC

border

#D0C8C7

text

#110907

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4239

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

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