#8A3220#8A3220

#8A3220 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.124 H 33.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3220
RGB	rgb(138, 50, 32)
HSL	hsl(10, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(10, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 76.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.54, 36.48, 30.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.54, 47.60, 39.98°)
OKLab	oklab(44.1% 0.1037 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(44.1% 0.124 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8838, 7.7904, 2.2442)
Luminance	0.0779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3220 #20788A

analogous

#8A2043 #8A3220 #8A6720

triadic

#8A3220 #208A32 #32208A

tetradic

#8A3220 #438A20 #20788A #67208A

square

#8A3220 #438A20 #20788A #67208A

split-complementary

#8A3220 #208A67 #20438A

monochromatic

#270E09 #582014 #8A3220 #BC442C #D6654E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#8A3220 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8A3220 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3220

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3220	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3220	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A431E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981C2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3220;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 50, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.124 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36e5c',
    500: '#8a3220',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3220;
$custom-light: #b36e5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3220",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.189,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44096,
    "c": 0.12418,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3220

secondary

#4DA7B9

accent

#CAE542

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3220

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

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