#8A3017#8A3017

#8A3017 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.128 H 36.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3017
RGB	rgb(138, 48, 23)
HSL	hsl(13, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(13, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.09, 37.07, 35.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.09, 51.03, 43.41°)
OKLab	oklab(43.73% 0.1038 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(43.73% 0.128 36)
XYZ	xyz(11.6941, 7.5807, 1.6579)
Luminance	0.0758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3017 #17718A

analogous

#8A1738 #8A3017 #8A6A17

triadic

#8A3017 #178A30 #30178A

tetradic

#8A3017 #388A17 #17718A #6A178A

square

#8A3017 #388A17 #17718A #6A178A

split-complementary

#8A3017 #178A6A #17388A

monochromatic

#210C06 #561E0E #8A3017 #BE4220 #DF603D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#8A3017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8A3017 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3017

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3017	1.00	8.35	2.52	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4113

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605513

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98172B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 48, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.128 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46d56',
    500: '#8a3017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3017;
$custom-light: #b46d56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.043,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43729,
    "c": 0.12827,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.07579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3017

secondary

#3FA2BE

accent

#C7EE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3017

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

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