#8A3228#8A3228

#8A3228 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.122 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3228
RGB	rgb(138, 50, 40)
HSL	hsl(6, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.65, 36.88, 25.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.65, 45.10, 35.13°)
OKLab	oklab(44.21% 0.1067 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(44.21% 0.122 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0061, 7.8393, 2.8880)
Luminance	0.0784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3228 #28808A

analogous

#8A284F #8A3228 #8A6328

triadic

#8A3228 #288A32 #32288A

tetradic

#8A3228 #4F8A28 #28808A #63288A

square

#8A3228 #4F8A28 #28808A #63288A

split-complementary

#8A3228 #288A63 #284F8A

monochromatic

#2B100C #5B211A #8A3228 #B94336 #D0685D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#8A3228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8A3228 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3228

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3228	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605625

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981E30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 50, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.122 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26e62',
    500: '#8a3228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3228;
$custom-light: #b26e62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.122,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44207,
    "c": 0.12233,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3228

secondary

#59ACB5

accent

#CFDE49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6ECEA

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3228

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

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