#8A3123#8A3123

#8A3123 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.124 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3123
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 35)
HSL	hsl(8, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(8, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.40, 37.10, 28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.40, 46.88, 37.70°)
OKLab	oklab(44% 0.1063 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(44% 0.124 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8842, 7.7229, 2.4547)
Luminance	0.0772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3123 #237C8A

analogous

#8A2349 #8A3123 #8A6523

triadic

#8A3123 #238A31 #31238A

tetradic

#8A3123 #498A23 #237C8A #65238A

square

#8A3123 #498A23 #237C8A #65238A

split-complementary

#8A3123 #238A65 #23498A

monochromatic

#280E0A #592017 #8A3123 #BB422F #D46554

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#8A3123 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8A3123 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3123

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3123	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3123	1.00	8.25	2.54	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605620

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981B2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3123;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.124 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36d5e',
    500: '#8a3123',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3123;
$custom-light: #b36d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3123",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.155,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43999,
    "c": 0.12449,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3123

secondary

#51AAB7

accent

#CDE345

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3123

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

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