#8A3218#8A3218

#8A3218 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.126 H 36.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3218
RGB	rgb(138, 50, 24)
HSL	hsl(14, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(14, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 82.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.46, 36.15, 34.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.46, 50.25, 43.99°)
OKLab	oklab(44.01% 0.1012 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(44.01% 0.126 36.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.7880, 7.7521, 1.7396)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3218 #18708A

analogous

#8A1837 #8A3218 #8A6B18

triadic

#8A3218 #188A32 #32188A

tetradic

#8A3218 #378A18 #18708A #6B188A

square

#8A3218 #378A18 #18708A #6B188A

split-complementary

#8A3218 #188A6B #18378A

monochromatic

#220C06 #561F0F #8A3218 #BE4521 #DE633F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#8A3218 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8A3218 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3218

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3218	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3218	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)

#4B4214

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615614

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981B2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3218;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 50, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.126 36.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46e57',
    500: '#8a3218',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3218;
$custom-light: #b46e57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3218",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.684,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44009,
    "c": 0.12611,
    "h": 36.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3218

secondary

#40A1BD

accent

#C4ED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3218

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

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