#8A3428#8A3428

#8A3428 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.120 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3428
RGB	rgb(138, 52, 40)
HSL	hsl(7, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(7, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.01, 35.91, 26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.01, 44.56, 36.30°)
OKLab	oklab(44.48% 0.1036 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(44.48% 0.12 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.0934, 8.0141, 2.9171)
Luminance	0.0801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3428 #287E8A

analogous

#8A284D #8A3428 #8A6528

triadic

#8A3428 #288A34 #34288A

tetradic

#8A3428 #4D8A28 #287E8A #65288A

square

#8A3428 #4D8A28 #287E8A #65288A

split-complementary

#8A3428 #288A65 #284D8A

monochromatic

#2B100C #5B221A #8A3428 #B94636 #D06B5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#8A3428 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8A3428 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3428

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3428	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3428	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)

#4B4426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982132

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3428;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 52, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.120 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26f62',
    500: '#8a3428',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3428;
$custom-light: #b26f62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3428",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.347,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44483,
    "c": 0.12017,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3428

secondary

#59AAB5

accent

#CCDE49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6ECEA

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3428

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →