#8D3520#8D3520

#8D3520 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.125 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D3520
RGB	rgb(141, 53, 32)
HSL	hsl(12, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(12, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 77.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.63, 36.17, 31.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.63, 48.23, 41.42°)
OKLab	oklab(45.02% 0.1024 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(45.02% 0.125 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.5196, 8.3149, 2.3119)
Luminance	0.0831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D3520 #20788D

analogous

#8D2042 #8D3520 #8D6C20

triadic

#8D3520 #208D35 #35208D

tetradic

#8D3520 #428D20 #20788D #6C208D

square

#8D3520 #428D20 #20788D #6C208D

split-complementary

#8D3520 #208D6C #20428D

monochromatic

#291009 #5B2215 #8D3520 #BF482B #D76A50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#8D3520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#8D3520 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D3520

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D3520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D3520	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D451D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63591D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B2031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d3520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 53, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.125 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5705d',
    500: '#8d3520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d3520;
$custom-light: #b5705d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d3520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.56,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45019,
    "c": 0.12462,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D3520

secondary

#4EA6BA

accent

#C6E642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#120804

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D3520

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

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