#8A321B#8A321B

#8A321B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.125 H 35.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A321B
RGB	rgb(138, 50, 27)
HSL	hsl(12, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(12, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 80.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.49, 36.26, 33.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.49, 49.26, 42.59°)
OKLab	oklab(44.04% 0.1021 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(44.04% 0.125 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.8210, 7.7653, 1.9131)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A321B #1B738A

analogous

#8A1B3C #8A321B #8A691B

triadic

#8A321B #1B8A32 #321B8A

tetradic

#8A321B #3C8A1B #1B738A #691B8A

square

#8A321B #3C8A1B #1B738A #691B8A

split-complementary

#8A321B #1B8A69 #1B3C8A

monochromatic

#240D07 #571F11 #8A321B #BD4525 #DB6445

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#8A321B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8A321B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A321B

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A321B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A321B	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)

#4B4218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615618

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981C2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a321b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 50, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.125 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36e59',
    500: '#8a321b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a321b;
$custom-light: #b36e59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a321b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.432,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44039,
    "c": 0.1254,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A321B

secondary

#45A3BC

accent

#C6EA3E

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A321B

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

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