#8A331D#8A331D

#8A331D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.124 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A331D
RGB	rgb(138, 51, 29)
HSL	hsl(12, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(12, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 79%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.69, 35.86, 32.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.69, 48.36, 42.13°)
OKLab	oklab(44.2% 0.1012 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(44.2% 0.124 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8881, 7.8613, 2.0535)
Luminance	0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A331D #1D748A

analogous

#8A1D3E #8A331D #8A691D

triadic

#8A331D #1D8A33 #331D8A

tetradic

#8A331D #3E8A1D #1D748A #691D8A

square

#8A331D #3E8A1D #1D748A #691D8A

split-complementary

#8A331D #1D8A69 #1D3E8A

monochromatic

#250E08 #572012 #8A331D #BD4628 #D96649

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#8A331D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8A331D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A331D

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A331D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A331D	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B431A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61561A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981E2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a331d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 51, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.124 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36e5a',
    500: '#8a331d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a331d;
$custom-light: #b36e5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a331d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.11,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44198,
    "c": 0.12392,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A331D

secondary

#48A4BB

accent

#C6E840

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A331D

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

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