#8A3318#8A3318

#8A3318 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.125 H 37.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3318
RGB	rgb(138, 51, 24)
HSL	hsl(14, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(14, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 82.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.64, 35.67, 35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.64, 50.03, 44.53°)
OKLab	oklab(44.15% 0.0997 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(44.15% 0.125 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8312, 7.8385, 1.7540)
Luminance	0.0784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3318 #186F8A

analogous

#8A1836 #8A3318 #8A6C18

triadic

#8A3318 #188A33 #33188A

tetradic

#8A3318 #368A18 #186F8A #6C188A

square

#8A3318 #368A18 #186F8A #6C188A

split-complementary

#8A3318 #188A6C #18368A

monochromatic

#220C06 #56200F #8A3318 #BE4621 #DE643F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#8A3318 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8A3318 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3318

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3318	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3318	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)

#4C4314

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615615

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981D2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3318;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 51, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.125 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46e57',
    500: '#8a3318',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3318;
$custom-light: #b46e57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3318",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.211,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44147,
    "c": 0.12516,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3318

secondary

#40A0BD

accent

#C3ED3B

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3318

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

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