#8A3322#8A3322

#8A3322 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.123 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3322
RGB	rgb(138, 51, 34)
HSL	hsl(10, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(10, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.75, 36.08, 29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.75, 46.70, 39.41°)
OKLab	oklab(44.26% 0.1029 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(44.26% 0.123 33)
XYZ	xyz(11.9550, 7.8881, 2.4061)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3322 #22798A

analogous

#8A2245 #8A3322 #8A6722

triadic

#8A3322 #228A33 #33228A

tetradic

#8A3322 #458A22 #22798A #67228A

square

#8A3322 #458A22 #22798A #67228A

split-complementary

#8A3322 #228A67 #22458A

monochromatic

#280F0A #592116 #8A3322 #BB452E #D46752

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#8A3322 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8A3322 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3322

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3322	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3322	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)

#4B4320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60571F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981E2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3322;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 51, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.123 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36e5e',
    500: '#8a3322',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3322;
$custom-light: #b36e5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3322",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.808,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44259,
    "c": 0.12267,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.07886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3322

secondary

#50A7B8

accent

#CAE444

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3322

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

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