#8A3219#8A3219

#8A3219 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.126 H 36.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3219
RGB	rgb(138, 50, 25)
HSL	hsl(13, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(13, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 81.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.47, 36.19, 34.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.47, 49.92, 43.54°)
OKLab	oklab(44.02% 0.1015 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(44.02% 0.126 36.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7986, 7.7563, 1.7954)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3219 #19718A

analogous

#8A1939 #8A3219 #8A6B19

triadic

#8A3219 #198A32 #32198A

tetradic

#8A3219 #398A19 #19718A #6B198A

square

#8A3219 #398A19 #19718A #6B198A

split-complementary

#8A3219 #198A6B #19398A

monochromatic

#220C06 #561F10 #8A3219 #BE4522 #DD6341

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#8A3219 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8A3219 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3219

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3219	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3219	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4215

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615616

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981B2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3219;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 50, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.126 36.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46e58',
    500: '#8a3219',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3219;
$custom-light: #b46e58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3219",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.274,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44018,
    "c": 0.12588,
    "h": 36.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3219

secondary

#42A2BD

accent

#C5EC3C

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3219

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

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