#8A3019#8A3019

#8A3019 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.128 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3019
RGB	rgb(138, 48, 25)
HSL	hsl(12, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(12, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 81.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.11, 37.14, 34.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.11, 50.38, 42.50°)
OKLab	oklab(43.75% 0.1044 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(43.75% 0.128 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.7150, 7.5891, 1.7675)
Luminance	0.0759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3019 #19738A

analogous

#8A193B #8A3019 #8A6819

triadic

#8A3019 #198A30 #30198A

tetradic

#8A3019 #3B8A19 #19738A #68198A

square

#8A3019 #3B8A19 #19738A #68198A

split-complementary

#8A3019 #198A68 #193B8A

monochromatic

#220C06 #561E10 #8A3019 #BE4222 #DD6141

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#8A3019 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8A3019 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3019

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3019	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3019	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605515

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98182B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3019;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 48, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.128 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46d57',
    500: '#8a3019',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3019;
$custom-light: #b46d57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3019",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.212,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43748,
    "c": 0.12782,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3019

secondary

#42A4BD

accent

#C8EC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3019

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

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