#8A3523#8A3523

#8A3523 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.120 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3523
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 35)
HSL	hsl(10, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(10, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.13, 35.15, 29.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.13, 45.89, 40.00°)
OKLab	oklab(44.55% 0.1002 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(44.55% 0.12 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0590, 8.0725, 2.5129)
Luminance	0.0807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3523 #23788A

analogous

#8A2345 #8A3523 #8A6923

triadic

#8A3523 #238A35 #35238A

tetradic

#8A3523 #458A23 #23788A #69238A

square

#8A3523 #458A23 #23788A #69238A

split-complementary

#8A3523 #238A69 #23458A

monochromatic

#28100A #592217 #8A3523 #BB482F #D46A54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#8A3523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#8A3523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3523

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3523	1.00	8.03	2.61	8.03
#FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615720

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982231

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.120 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3705f',
    500: '#8a3523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3523;
$custom-light: #b3705f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.485,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44553,
    "c": 0.12035,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3523

secondary

#51A6B7

accent

#C7E345

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120804

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3523

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

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