#8A3221#8A3221
#8A3221 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.124 H 32.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8A3221 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(138, 50, 33) |
| HSL | hsl(10, 61%, 34%) |
| HSV | hsv(10, 76%, 54%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 76.1%, 45.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(33.55, 36.52, 30.02) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(33.55, 47.27, 39.42°) |
| OKLab | oklab(44.11% 0.1041 0.0673) |
| OKLCH | oklch(44.11% 0.124 32.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(11.8976, 7.7959, 2.3168) |
| Luminance | 0.0779 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Red Brown
#8B2E16
ΔE00 2.51
Brownish Red
#9E3623
ΔE00 4.23
Brick
#A03623
ΔE00 4.63
Reddish Brown
#7F2B0A
ΔE00 5.40
Brick Red
#8F1402
ΔE00 5.67
Brown Red
#922B05
ΔE00 5.72
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8A3221 #21798A
analogous
#8A2144 #8A3221 #8A6621
triadic
#8A3221 #218A32 #32218A
tetradic
#8A3221 #448A21 #21798A #66218A
square
#8A3221 #448A21 #21798A #66218A
split-complementary
#8A3221 #218A66 #21448A
monochromatic
#270E09 #592015 #8A3221 #BB442D #D56650
Accessibility & contrast
On white
8.21
#8A3221 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
On black
2.56
#8A3221 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #8A3221
8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8A3221 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8A3221 | 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)
#4A431F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#60561E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#981D2F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4F4F4F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8a3221; /* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 50, 33); /* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.124 32.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b36e5d',
500: '#8a3221',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8a3221; $custom-light: #b36e5d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8a3221",
"rgb": {
"r": 138,
"g": 50,
"b": 33
},
"hsl": {
"h": 9.714,
"s": 61.404,
"l": 33.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.44108,
"c": 0.12394,
"h": 32.9
},
"luminance": 0.07794
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8A3221
secondary
#4EA7B9
accent
#CAE543
background
#FBF6F5
surface
#F7ECE9
border
#D0C7C5
text
#120704
muted
#817A79