#8A3032#8A3032

#8A3032 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.123 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3032
RGB	rgb(138, 48, 50)
HSL	hsl(359, 48%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(359, 65%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 63.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.45, 38.47, 19.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.45, 43.12, 26.86°)
OKLab	oklab(44.12% 0.1137 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(44.12% 0.123 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1151, 7.7491, 3.8748)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3032 #308A88

analogous

#8A305F #8A3032 #8A5B30

triadic

#8A3032 #328A30 #30328A

tetradic

#8A3032 #5F8A30 #308A88 #5B308A

square

#8A3032 #5F8A30 #308A88 #5B308A

split-complementary

#8A3032 #308A5B #305F8A

monochromatic

#2F1011 #5D2022 #8A3032 #B74042 #CB696C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#8A3032 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8A3032 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3032

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3032	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3032	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971D32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3032;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 48, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.123 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26d69',
    500: '#8a3032',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3032;
$custom-light: #b26d69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3032",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.667,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44116,
    "c": 0.12295,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3032

secondary

#64B2B0

accent

#D8D550

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3032

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

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