#8A3528#8A3528

#8A3528 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.119 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3528
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 40)
HSL	hsl(8, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.20, 35.42, 26.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.20, 44.30, 36.91°)
OKLab	oklab(44.62% 0.1021 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(44.62% 0.119 31)
XYZ	xyz(12.1386, 8.1043, 2.9322)
Luminance	0.0810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3528 #287D8A

analogous

#8A284C #8A3528 #8A6628

triadic

#8A3528 #288A35 #35288A

tetradic

#8A3528 #4C8A28 #287D8A #66288A

square

#8A3528 #4C8A28 #287D8A #66288A

split-complementary

#8A3528 #288A66 #284C8A

monochromatic

#2B110C #5B231A #8A3528 #B94736 #D06C5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.01

#8A3528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8A3528 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3528

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3528	1.00	8.01	2.62	8.01
#FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982232

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.119 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27062',
    500: '#8a3528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3528;
$custom-light: #b27062;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.959,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44624,
    "c": 0.11909,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.08103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3528

secondary

#59A9B5

accent

#CBDE49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6ECEA

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120805

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3528

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

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