#8A3527#8A3527

#8A3527 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.119 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3527
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 39)
HSL	hsl(8, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.19, 35.36, 27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.19, 44.61, 37.55°)
OKLab	oklab(44.61% 0.1017 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(44.61% 0.119 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1218, 8.0976, 2.8437)
Luminance	0.0810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3527 #277C8A

analogous

#8A274B #8A3527 #8A6727

triadic

#8A3527 #278A35 #35278A

tetradic

#8A3527 #4B8A27 #277C8A #67278A

square

#8A3527 #4B8A27 #277C8A #67278A

split-complementary

#8A3527 #278A67 #274B8A

monochromatic

#2B100C #5A231A #8A3527 #BA4734 #D16B5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.02

#8A3527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8A3527 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3527

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3527	1.00	8.02	2.62	8.02
#FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982232

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.119 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27061',
    500: '#8a3527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3527;
$custom-light: #b27061;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.485,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44609,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3527

secondary

#57A8B6

accent

#CADF49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6ECEA

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120805

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3527

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

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