#8A3025#8A3025
#8A3025 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.125 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8A3025 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(138, 48, 37) |
| HSL | hsl(7, 58%, 34%) |
| HSV | hsv(7, 73%, 54%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 73.2%, 45.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(33.25, 37.67, 27.30) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(33.25, 46.53, 35.94°) |
| OKLab | oklab(43.89% 0.1085 0.0623) |
| OKLCH | oklch(43.89% 0.125 29.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(11.8734, 7.6524, 2.6018) |
| Luminance | 0.0765 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Red Brown
#8B2E16
ΔE00 4.25
Brownish Red
#9E3623
ΔE00 4.97
Brick
#A03623
ΔE00 5.32
Brown
#A52A2A
ΔE00 5.57
Carmine
#9D0216
ΔE00 5.95
Crimson (survey)
#8C000F
ΔE00 6.03
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8A3025 #257F8A
analogous
#8A254D #8A3025 #8A6325
triadic
#8A3025 #258A30 #30258A
tetradic
#8A3025 #4D8A25 #257F8A #63258A
square
#8A3025 #4D8A25 #257F8A #63258A
split-complementary
#8A3025 #258A63 #254D8A
monochromatic
#290E0B #5A1F18 #8A3025 #BA4132 #D26557
Accessibility & contrast
On white
8.30
#8A3025 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
On black
2.53
#8A3025 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #8A3025
8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8A3025 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8A3025 | 1.00 | 8.30 | 2.53 | 8.30 |
| #FFFFFF | 8.30 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
| #000000 | 2.53 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| ##FFFFFF | 8.30 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#494223
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5F5522
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#981A2E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4E4E4E
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8a3025; /* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 48, 37); /* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.125 29.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b36d60',
500: '#8a3025',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8a3025; $custom-light: #b36d60; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8a3025",
"rgb": {
"r": 138,
"g": 48,
"b": 37
},
"hsl": {
"h": 6.535,
"s": 57.714,
"l": 34.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.43894,
"c": 0.12511,
"h": 29.9
},
"luminance": 0.07651
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8A3025
secondary
#54ACB7
accent
#D0E147
background
#FBF6F5
surface
#F7ECE9
border
#D0C7C5
text
#120705
muted
#817A79