#8A3215#8A3215

#8A3215 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.127 H 37.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8A3215
RGBrgb(138, 50, 21)
HSLhsl(15, 74%, 31%)
HSVhsv(15, 85%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 63.8%, 84.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LABlab(33.44, 36.05, 36.41)
CIE-LCHlch(33.44, 51.24, 45.28°)
OKLaboklab(43.98% 0.1003 0.0776)
OKLCHoklch(43.98% 0.127 37.7)
XYZxyz(11.7585, 7.7403, 1.5842)
Luminance0.0774 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8A3215 #156D8A
analogous
#8A1532 #8A3215 #8A6C15
triadic
#8A3215 #158A32 #32158A
tetradic
#8A3215 #328A15 #156D8A #6C158A
square
#8A3215 #328A15 #156D8A #6C158A
split-complementary
#8A3215 #158A6C #15328A
monochromatic
#200C05 #551F0D #8A3215 #BF451D #E16239

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24
#8A3215 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55
#8A3215 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3215
8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8A3215#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8A32151.008.242.558.24
#FFFFFF8.241.0021.001.00
#0000002.5521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.241.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4B4210
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#615611
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#981B2C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8a3215;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 50, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.127 37.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46e55',
    500: '#8a3215',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8a3215;
$custom-light: #b46e55;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8a3215",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.872,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43982,
    "c": 0.12681,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8A3215
secondary
#3D9EBE
accent
#C2F038
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8ECE9
border
#D1C7C5
text
#120703
muted
#817A78

Preview Lab

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#8A3215 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva