#8A3319#8A3319

#8A3319 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.125 H 36.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3319
RGB	rgb(138, 51, 25)
HSL	hsl(14, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(14, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 81.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.65, 35.70, 34.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.65, 49.70, 44.08°)
OKLab	oklab(44.16% 0.1 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(44.16% 0.125 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8418, 7.8428, 1.8098)
Luminance	0.0784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3319 #19708A

analogous

#8A1938 #8A3319 #8A6C19

triadic

#8A3319 #198A33 #33198A

tetradic

#8A3319 #388A19 #19708A #6C198A

square

#8A3319 #388A19 #19708A #6C198A

split-complementary

#8A3319 #198A6C #19388A

monochromatic

#220D06 #562010 #8A3319 #BE4622 #DD6541

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#8A3319 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8A3319 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3319

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3319	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3319	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)

#4C4315

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615616

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981D2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3319;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 51, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.125 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36e58',
    500: '#8a3319',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3319;
$custom-light: #b36e58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3319",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.805,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44157,
    "c": 0.12491,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3319

secondary

#42A1BD

accent

#C4EC3C

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3319

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

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