#8A2513#8A2513

#8A2513 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.139 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2513
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 19)
HSL	hsl(9, 76%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(9, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 86.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.29, 41.74, 35.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.29, 54.78, 40.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.36% 0.1175 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(42.36% 0.139 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.2617, 6.7752, 1.3307)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2513 #13788A

analogous

#8A133C #8A2513 #8A6013

triadic

#8A2513 #138A25 #25138A

tetradic

#8A2513 #3C8A13 #13788A #60138A

square

#8A2513 #3C8A13 #13788A #60138A

split-complementary

#8A2513 #138A60 #133C8A

monochromatic

#1E0804 #54170C #8A2513 #C0331A #E34F34

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#8A2513 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8A2513 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2513

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2513	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2513	1.00	8.92	2.35	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433B0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C520D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2513;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 19);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.139 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56753',
    500: '#8a2513',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2513;
$custom-light: #b56753;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2513",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 19
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.076,
    "s": 75.796,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42363,
    "c": 0.13925,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2513

secondary

#3AAABE

accent

#D6F235

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2513

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

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