#8A3225#8A3225

#8A3225 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.123 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3225
RGB	rgb(138, 50, 37)
HSL	hsl(8, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(8, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 73.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.60, 36.72, 27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.60, 46.01, 37.04°)
OKLab	oklab(44.16% 0.1055 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(44.16% 0.123 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9570, 7.8197, 2.6296)
Luminance	0.0782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3225 #257D8A

analogous

#8A254B #8A3225 #8A6525

triadic

#8A3225 #258A32 #32258A

tetradic

#8A3225 #4B8A25 #257D8A #65258A

square

#8A3225 #4B8A25 #257D8A #65258A

split-complementary

#8A3225 #258A65 #254B8A

monochromatic

#290F0B #5A2118 #8A3225 #BA4332 #D26757

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#8A3225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8A3225 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3225

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3225	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981D2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 50, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.123 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36e60',
    500: '#8a3225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3225;
$custom-light: #b36e60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.723,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44162,
    "c": 0.123,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3225

secondary

#54AAB7

accent

#CDE147

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3225

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

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