#8A3223#8A3223

#8A3223 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.123 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3223
RGB	rgb(138, 50, 35)
HSL	hsl(9, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(9, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.58, 36.62, 28.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.58, 46.63, 38.26°)
OKLab	oklab(44.14% 0.1048 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(44.14% 0.123 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9265, 7.8075, 2.4688)
Luminance	0.0781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3223 #237B8A

analogous

#8A2348 #8A3223 #8A6623

triadic

#8A3223 #238A32 #32238A

tetradic

#8A3223 #488A23 #237B8A #66238A

square

#8A3223 #488A23 #237B8A #66238A

split-complementary

#8A3223 #238A66 #23488A

monochromatic

#280F0A #592017 #8A3223 #BB442F #D46654

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#8A3223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8A3223 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3223

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3223	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)

#4A4321

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605620

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981D2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 50, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.123 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36e5e',
    500: '#8a3223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3223;
$custom-light: #b36e5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.738,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44135,
    "c": 0.12346,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3223

secondary

#51A9B7

accent

#CCE345

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3223

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

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