#8A3121#8A3121

#8A3121 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.125 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3121
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 33)
HSL	hsl(9, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(9, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.37, 37.00, 29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.37, 47.52, 38.87°)
OKLab	oklab(43.97% 0.1056 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(43.97% 0.125 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8553, 7.7114, 2.3027)
Luminance	0.0771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3121 #217A8A

analogous

#8A2145 #8A3121 #8A6521

triadic

#8A3121 #218A31 #31218A

tetradic

#8A3121 #458A21 #217A8A #65218A

square

#8A3121 #458A21 #217A8A #65218A

split-complementary

#8A3121 #218A65 #21458A

monochromatic

#270E09 #591F15 #8A3121 #BB432D #D56450

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#8A3121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8A3121 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3121

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3121	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A421F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981B2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.125 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36d5d',
    500: '#8a3121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3121;
$custom-light: #b36d5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.143,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43973,
    "c": 0.12495,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3121

secondary

#4EA8B9

accent

#CCE543

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3121

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

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