#8A2316#8A2316

#8A2316 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.141 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2316
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 22)
HSL	hsl(7, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(7, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 84.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.03, 42.61, 33.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.03, 54.29, 38.29°)
OKLab	oklab(42.18% 0.1208 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(42.18% 0.141 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.2284, 6.6650, 1.4542)
Luminance	0.0666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2316 #167D8A

analogous

#8A1643 #8A2316 #8A5D16

triadic

#8A2316 #168A23 #23168A

tetradic

#8A2316 #438A16 #167D8A #5D168A

square

#8A2316 #438A16 #167D8A #5D168A

split-complementary

#8A2316 #168A5D #16438A

monochromatic

#200805 #55160E #8A2316 #BF301E #E04D3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#8A2316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8A2316 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2316

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2316	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423B13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5111

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.141 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56655',
    500: '#8a2316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2316;
$custom-light: #b56655;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.724,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42178,
    "c": 0.14053,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2316

secondary

#3EAFBE

accent

#DBEF39

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2316

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

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