#8A3519#8A3519

#8A3519 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.123 H 38.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3519
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 25)
HSL	hsl(15, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(15, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 81.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.03, 34.72, 34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.03, 49.25, 45.18°)
OKLab	oklab(44.44% 0.0969 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(44.44% 0.123 38)
XYZ	xyz(11.9311, 8.0213, 1.8395)
Luminance	0.0802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3519 #196E8A

analogous

#8A1936 #8A3519 #8A6E19

triadic

#8A3519 #198A35 #35198A

tetradic

#8A3519 #368A19 #196E8A #6E198A

square

#8A3519 #368A19 #196E8A #6E198A

split-complementary

#8A3519 #198A6E #19368A

monochromatic

#220D06 #562110 #8A3519 #BE4922 #DD6741

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#8A3519 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8A3519 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3519

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3519	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3519	1.00	8.06	2.60	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4415

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625716

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98202F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3519;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.123 38.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36f58',
    500: '#8a3519',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3519;
$custom-light: #b36f58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3519",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.867,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44439,
    "c": 0.12299,
    "h": 38
  },
  "luminance": 0.0802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3519

secondary

#429FBD

accent

#C0EC3C

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3519

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

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