#8A3021#8A3021

#8A3021 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.126 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3021
RGB	rgb(138, 48, 33)
HSL	hsl(9, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(9, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.20, 37.47, 29.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.20, 47.77, 38.33°)
OKLab	oklab(43.84% 0.107 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(43.84% 0.126 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8140, 7.6287, 2.2889)
Luminance	0.0763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3021 #217B8A

analogous

#8A2146 #8A3021 #8A6421

triadic

#8A3021 #218A30 #30218A

tetradic

#8A3021 #468A21 #217B8A #64218A

square

#8A3021 #468A21 #217B8A #64218A

split-complementary

#8A3021 #218A64 #21468A

monochromatic

#270E09 #591F15 #8A3021 #BB412D #D56350

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#8A3021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8A3021 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3021

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3021	1.00	8.32	2.53	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49421F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F551E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98192D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 48, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.126 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36d5d',
    500: '#8a3021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3021;
$custom-light: #b36d5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4384,
    "c": 0.12599,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3021

secondary

#4EA9B9

accent

#CDE543

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3021

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

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