#8A3222#8A3222

#8A3222 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.124 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3222
RGB	rgb(138, 50, 34)
HSL	hsl(9, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(9, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.57, 36.57, 29.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.57, 46.95, 38.84°)
OKLab	oklab(44.12% 0.1044 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(44.12% 0.124 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9118, 7.8016, 2.3917)
Luminance	0.0780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3222 #227A8A

analogous

#8A2246 #8A3222 #8A6622

triadic

#8A3222 #228A32 #32228A

tetradic

#8A3222 #468A22 #227A8A #66228A

square

#8A3222 #468A22 #227A8A #66228A

split-complementary

#8A3222 #228A66 #22468A

monochromatic

#280E0A #592016 #8A3222 #BB442E #D46652

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#8A3222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8A3222 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3222

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3222	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981D2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 50, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.124 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36e5e',
    500: '#8a3222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3222;
$custom-light: #b36e5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.231,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44121,
    "c": 0.1237,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3222

secondary

#50A8B8

accent

#CBE444

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3222

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

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