#8A3421#8A3421

#8A3421 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.122 H 34.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3421
RGB	rgb(138, 52, 33)
HSL	hsl(11, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(11, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.92, 35.55, 30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.92, 46.79, 40.56°)
OKLab	oklab(44.39% 0.1011 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(44.39% 0.122 34)
XYZ	xyz(11.9850, 7.9707, 2.3459)
Luminance	0.0797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3421 #21778A

analogous

#8A2142 #8A3421 #8A6821

triadic

#8A3421 #218A34 #34218A

tetradic

#8A3421 #428A21 #21778A #68218A

square

#8A3421 #428A21 #21778A #68218A

split-complementary

#8A3421 #218A68 #21428A

monochromatic

#270F09 #592115 #8A3421 #BB472D #D56850

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#8A3421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8A3421 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3421

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3421	1.00	8.10	2.59	8.10
#FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C441F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61571E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 52, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.122 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36f5d',
    500: '#8a3421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3421;
$custom-light: #b36f5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44386,
    "c": 0.1219,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.07969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3421

secondary

#4EA5B9

accent

#C7E543

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3421

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →