#8A3321#8A3321

#8A3321 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.123 H 33.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3321
RGB	rgb(138, 51, 33)
HSL	hsl(10, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(10, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.74, 36.04, 30.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.74, 47.03, 39.98°)
OKLab	oklab(44.25% 0.1026 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(44.25% 0.123 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9408, 7.8824, 2.3312)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3321 #21788A

analogous

#8A2143 #8A3321 #8A6721

triadic

#8A3321 #218A33 #33218A

tetradic

#8A3321 #438A21 #21788A #67218A

square

#8A3321 #438A21 #21788A #67218A

split-complementary

#8A3321 #218A67 #21438A

monochromatic

#270E09 #592115 #8A3321 #BB452D #D56750

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#8A3321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8A3321 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3321

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3321	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B431F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61561E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981E2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 51, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.123 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36e5d',
    500: '#8a3321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3321;
$custom-light: #b36e5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.286,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44246,
    "c": 0.12291,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3321

secondary

#4EA6B9

accent

#C9E543

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3321

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

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