#8A3028#8A3028

#8A3028 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.124 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3028
RGB	rgb(138, 48, 40)
HSL	hsl(5, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(5, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.29, 37.83, 25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.29, 45.64, 34.01°)
OKLab	oklab(43.94% 0.1096 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(43.94% 0.124 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9224, 7.6720, 2.8601)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3028 #28828A

analogous

#8A2851 #8A3028 #8A6128

triadic

#8A3028 #288A30 #30288A

tetradic

#8A3028 #518A28 #28828A #61288A

square

#8A3028 #518A28 #28828A #61288A

split-complementary

#8A3028 #288A61 #28518A

monochromatic

#2B0F0C #5B1F1A #8A3028 #B94136 #D0665D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#8A3028 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8A3028 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3028

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3028	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3028	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5625

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981B2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3028;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 48, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.124 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36d62',
    500: '#8a3028',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3028;
$custom-light: #b36d62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3028",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.898,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43939,
    "c": 0.12449,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3028

secondary

#59AEB5

accent

#D2DE49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6ECEA

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3028

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

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