#8A3127#8A3127

#8A3127 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.124 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3127
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 39)
HSL	hsl(6, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(6, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.45, 37.31, 26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.45, 45.66, 35.22°)
OKLab	oklab(44.06% 0.1078 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(44.06% 0.124 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9470, 7.7480, 2.7855)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3127 #27808A

analogous

#8A274E #8A3127 #8A6327

triadic

#8A3127 #278A31 #31278A

tetradic

#8A3127 #4E8A27 #27808A #63278A

square

#8A3127 #4E8A27 #27808A #63278A

split-complementary

#8A3127 #278A63 #274E8A

monochromatic

#2B0F0C #5A201A #8A3127 #BA4234 #D1675B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#8A3127 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8A3127 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3127

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3127	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3127	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)

#494225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5624

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981C2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3127;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.124 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36d61',
    500: '#8a3127',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3127;
$custom-light: #b36d61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3127",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.061,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44057,
    "c": 0.12362,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3127

secondary

#57ACB6

accent

#D0DF49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6ECEA

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3127

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

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