#8A3325#8A3325
#8A3325 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.122 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8A3325 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(138, 51, 37) |
| HSL | hsl(8, 58%, 34%) |
| HSV | hsv(8, 73%, 54%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 63%, 73.2%, 45.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(33.79, 36.24, 27.92) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(33.79, 45.75, 37.62°) |
| OKLab | oklab(44.3% 0.104 0.0637) |
| OKLCH | oklch(44.3% 0.122 31.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(12.0002, 7.9061, 2.6440) |
| Luminance | 0.0790 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Red Brown
#8B2E16
ΔE00 3.61
Brownish Red
#9E3623
ΔE00 4.47
Brick
#A03623
ΔE00 4.86
Brown
#A52A2A
ΔE00 5.96
Reddish Brown
#7F2B0A
ΔE00 6.41
Brick Red
#8F1402
ΔE00 6.45
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8A3325 #257C8A
analogous
#8A254A #8A3325 #8A6625
triadic
#8A3325 #258A33 #33258A
tetradic
#8A3325 #4A8A25 #257C8A #66258A
square
#8A3325 #4A8A25 #257C8A #66258A
split-complementary
#8A3325 #258A66 #254A8A
monochromatic
#290F0B #5A2118 #8A3325 #BA4532 #D26857
Accessibility & contrast
On white
8.14
#8A3325 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
On black
2.58
#8A3325 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #8A3325
8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8A3325 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8A3325 | 1.00 | 8.14 | 2.58 | 8.14 |
| #FFFFFF | 8.14 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
| #000000 | 2.58 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| ##FFFFFF | 8.14 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#4B4423
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#605722
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#981F30
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4F4F4F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8a3325; /* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 51, 37); /* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.122 31.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b36f60',
500: '#8a3325',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8a3325; $custom-light: #b36f60; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8a3325",
"rgb": {
"r": 138,
"g": 51,
"b": 37
},
"hsl": {
"h": 8.317,
"s": 57.714,
"l": 34.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.443,
"c": 0.12194,
"h": 31.5
},
"luminance": 0.07904
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8A3325
secondary
#54A9B7
accent
#CCE147
background
#FBF6F5
surface
#F6ECE9
border
#D0C7C5
text
#120705
muted
#817A79