#8A3426#8A3426

#8A3426 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.121 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3426
RGB	rgb(138, 52, 38)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 72.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.98, 35.80, 27.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.98, 45.18, 37.58°)
OKLab	oklab(44.45% 0.1029 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(44.45% 0.121 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0603, 8.0008, 2.7426)
Luminance	0.0800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3426 #267C8A

analogous

#8A264A #8A3426 #8A6626

triadic

#8A3426 #268A34 #34268A

tetradic

#8A3426 #4A8A26 #267C8A #66268A

square

#8A3426 #4A8A26 #267C8A #66268A

split-complementary

#8A3426 #268A66 #264A8A

monochromatic

#2A100C #5A2219 #8A3426 #BA4633 #D16A59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#8A3426 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8A3426 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3426

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3426	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3426	1.00	8.08	2.60	8.08
#FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615724

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982131

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3426;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 52, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.121 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26f61',
    500: '#8a3426',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3426;
$custom-light: #b26f61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3426",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.4,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44453,
    "c": 0.12064,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3426

secondary

#56A9B6

accent

#CBE048

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3426

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

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