#8A3224#8A3224

#8A3224 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.123 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3224
RGB	rgb(138, 50, 36)
HSL	hsl(8, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(8, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 73.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.59, 36.67, 28.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.59, 46.32, 37.66°)
OKLab	oklab(44.15% 0.1052 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(44.15% 0.123 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9415, 7.8135, 2.5481)
Luminance	0.0781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3224 #247C8A

analogous

#8A2449 #8A3224 #8A6524

triadic

#8A3224 #248A32 #32248A

tetradic

#8A3224 #498A24 #247C8A #65248A

square

#8A3224 #498A24 #247C8A #65248A

split-complementary

#8A3224 #248A65 #24498A

monochromatic

#290F0B #592017 #8A3224 #BB4431 #D36756

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#8A3224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8A3224 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3224

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3224	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)

#4A4322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605621

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981D2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 50, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.123 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36e5f',
    500: '#8a3224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3224;
$custom-light: #b36e5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.235,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44148,
    "c": 0.12323,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3224

secondary

#53A9B7

accent

#CCE246

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3224

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

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