#8A3327#8A3327

#8A3327 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.121 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3327
RGB	rgb(138, 51, 39)
HSL	hsl(7, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(7, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.81, 36.34, 26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.81, 45.13, 36.36°)
OKLab	oklab(44.33% 0.1048 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(44.33% 0.121 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.0325, 7.9191, 2.8140)
Luminance	0.0792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3327 #277E8A

analogous

#8A274C #8A3327 #8A6527

triadic

#8A3327 #278A33 #33278A

tetradic

#8A3327 #4C8A27 #277E8A #65278A

square

#8A3327 #4C8A27 #277E8A #65278A

split-complementary

#8A3327 #278A65 #274C8A

monochromatic

#2B100C #5A211A #8A3327 #BA4534 #D1695B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#8A3327 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8A3327 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3327

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3327	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3327	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981F31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3327;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 51, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.121 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26f61',
    500: '#8a3327',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3327;
$custom-light: #b26f61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3327",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.273,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44329,
    "c": 0.12148,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3327

secondary

#57AAB6

accent

#CDDF49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6ECEA

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3327

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

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