#8A3427#8A3427

#8A3427 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.120 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3427
RGB	rgb(138, 52, 39)
HSL	hsl(8, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.00, 35.86, 26.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.00, 44.87, 36.95°)
OKLab	oklab(44.47% 0.1032 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(44.47% 0.12 31)
XYZ	xyz(12.0767, 8.0074, 2.8287)
Luminance	0.0801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3427 #277D8A

analogous

#8A274B #8A3427 #8A6627

triadic

#8A3427 #278A34 #34278A

tetradic

#8A3427 #4B8A27 #277D8A #66278A

square

#8A3427 #4B8A27 #277D8A #66278A

split-complementary

#8A3427 #278A66 #274B8A

monochromatic

#2B100C #5A221A #8A3427 #BA4634 #D16A5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#8A3427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8A3427 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3427

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3427	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982131

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 52, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.120 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26f61',
    500: '#8a3427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3427;
$custom-light: #b26f61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.879,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44468,
    "c": 0.12041,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.08006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3427

secondary

#57A9B6

accent

#CBDF49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6ECEA

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3427

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

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