#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
RGB	rgb(138, 50, 21)
HSL	hsl(15, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(15, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 84.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.44, 36.05, 36.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.44, 51.24, 45.28°)
OKLab	oklab(43.98% 0.1003 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(43.98% 0.127 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.7585, 7.7403, 1.5842)
Luminance	0.0774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##8A3215	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)

#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

Preview with #8A3215

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

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