#8A3023#8A3023

#8A3023 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.126 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3023
RGB	rgb(138, 48, 35)
HSL	hsl(8, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(8, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.22, 37.57, 28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.22, 47.14, 37.16°)
OKLab	oklab(43.87% 0.1078 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(43.87% 0.126 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8428, 7.6402, 2.4409)
Luminance	0.0764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3023 #237D8A

analogous

#8A234A #8A3023 #8A6423

triadic

#8A3023 #238A30 #30238A

tetradic

#8A3023 #4A8A23 #237D8A #64238A

square

#8A3023 #4A8A23 #237D8A #64238A

split-complementary

#8A3023 #238A64 #234A8A

monochromatic

#280E0A #591F17 #8A3023 #BB412F #D46454

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#8A3023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8A3023 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3023

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3023	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5520

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981A2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 48, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.126 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36d5e',
    500: '#8a3023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3023;
$custom-light: #b36d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.573,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43866,
    "c": 0.12554,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3023

secondary

#51ABB7

accent

#CFE345

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3023

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

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