#8A3124#8A3124

#8A3124 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.124 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3124
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 36)
HSL	hsl(8, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(8, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 73.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.41, 37.15, 28.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.41, 46.57, 37.10°)
OKLab	oklab(44.01% 0.1066 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(44.01% 0.124 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8992, 7.7289, 2.5340)
Luminance	0.0773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3124 #247D8A

analogous

#8A244A #8A3124 #8A6424

triadic

#8A3124 #248A31 #31248A

tetradic

#8A3124 #4A8A24 #247D8A #64248A

square

#8A3124 #4A8A24 #247D8A #64248A

split-complementary

#8A3124 #248A64 #244A8A

monochromatic

#290F0B #592017 #8A3124 #BB4231 #D36656

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#8A3124 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8A3124 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3124

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3124	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3124	1.00	8.25	2.55	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605621

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981B2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3124;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.124 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36d5f',
    500: '#8a3124',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3124;
$custom-light: #b36d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3124",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.647,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44013,
    "c": 0.12427,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3124

secondary

#53AAB7

accent

#CEE246

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3124

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

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