#8A3520#8A3520

#8A3520 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.121 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3520
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 32)
HSL	hsl(12, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(12, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 76.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.10, 35.01, 31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.10, 46.88, 41.69°)
OKLab	oklab(44.52% 0.0992 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(44.52% 0.121 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0163, 8.0554, 2.2883)
Luminance	0.0805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3520 #20758A

analogous

#8A2040 #8A3520 #8A6A20

triadic

#8A3520 #208A35 #35208A

tetradic

#8A3520 #408A20 #20758A #6A208A

square

#8A3520 #408A20 #20758A #6A208A

split-complementary

#8A3520 #208A6A #20408A

monochromatic

#270F09 #582214 #8A3520 #BC482C #D6694E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#8A3520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#8A3520 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3520

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3520	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C441D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61571D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982131

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.121 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3705c',
    500: '#8a3520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3520;
$custom-light: #b3705c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.887,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44515,
    "c": 0.12114,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3520

secondary

#4DA4B9

accent

#C5E542

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120804

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3520

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

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