#8A3524#8A3524

#8A3524 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.120 H 33.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3524
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 36)
HSL	hsl(10, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(10, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 73.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.15, 35.20, 28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.15, 45.56, 39.41°)
OKLab	oklab(44.57% 0.1006 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(44.57% 0.12 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0740, 8.0785, 2.5922)
Luminance	0.0808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3524 #24798A

analogous

#8A2446 #8A3524 #8A6824

triadic

#8A3524 #248A35 #35248A

tetradic

#8A3524 #468A24 #24798A #68248A

square

#8A3524 #468A24 #24798A #68248A

split-complementary

#8A3524 #248A68 #24468A

monochromatic

#29100B #592217 #8A3524 #BB4831 #D36A56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#8A3524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8A3524 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3524

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3524	1.00	8.03	2.62	8.03
#FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615722

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982231

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.120 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3705f',
    500: '#8a3524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3524;
$custom-light: #b3705f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44567,
    "c": 0.12009,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3524

secondary

#53A6B7

accent

#C8E246

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120804

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3524

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

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