#8A3122#8A3122

#8A3122 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.125 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3122
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 34)
HSL	hsl(9, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(9, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.39, 37.05, 29.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.39, 47.20, 38.29°)
OKLab	oklab(43.99% 0.1059 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(43.99% 0.125 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8695, 7.7171, 2.3776)
Luminance	0.0771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3122 #227B8A

analogous

#8A2247 #8A3122 #8A6522

triadic

#8A3122 #228A31 #31228A

tetradic

#8A3122 #478A22 #227B8A #65228A

square

#8A3122 #478A22 #227B8A #65228A

split-complementary

#8A3122 #228A65 #22478A

monochromatic

#280E0A #592016 #8A3122 #BB422E #D46552

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#8A3122 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8A3122 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3122

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3122	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3122	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)

#4A4220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981B2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3122;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.125 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36d5e',
    500: '#8a3122',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3122;
$custom-light: #b36d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3122",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.654,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43986,
    "c": 0.12473,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3122

secondary

#50A9B8

accent

#CDE444

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3122

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

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