#8A3424#8A3424

#8A3424 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.121 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3424
RGB	rgb(138, 52, 36)
HSL	hsl(9, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(9, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 73.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.96, 35.70, 28.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.96, 45.81, 38.81°)
OKLab	oklab(44.43% 0.1021 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(44.43% 0.121 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0289, 7.9883, 2.5772)
Luminance	0.0799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3424 #247A8A

analogous

#8A2447 #8A3424 #8A6724

triadic

#8A3424 #248A34 #34248A

tetradic

#8A3424 #478A24 #247A8A #67248A

square

#8A3424 #478A24 #247A8A #67248A

split-complementary

#8A3424 #248A67 #24478A

monochromatic

#290F0B #592217 #8A3424 #BB4631 #D36956

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.09

#8A3424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8A3424 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3424

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3424	1.00	8.09	2.60	8.09
#FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615721

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 52, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.121 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36f5f',
    500: '#8a3424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3424;
$custom-light: #b36f5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.412,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44425,
    "c": 0.12114,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3424

secondary

#53A7B7

accent

#C9E246

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3424

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

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