#8A371C#8A371C

#8A371C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.120 H 38.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A371C
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 28)
HSL	hsl(15, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(15, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 79.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.44, 33.83, 33.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.44, 47.79, 44.94°)
OKLab	oklab(44.76% 0.0948 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(44.76% 0.12 38)
XYZ	xyz(12.0583, 8.2211, 2.0503)
Luminance	0.0822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A371C #1C6F8A

analogous

#8A1C38 #8A371C #8A6E1C

triadic

#8A371C #1C8A37 #371C8A

tetradic

#8A371C #388A1C #1C6F8A #6E1C8A

square

#8A371C #388A1C #1C6F8A #6E1C8A

split-complementary

#8A371C #1C8A6E #1C388A

monochromatic

#240E07 #572312 #8A371C #BD4B26 #DA6B47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#8A371C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#8A371C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A371C

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A371C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A371C	1.00	7.94	2.64	7.94
#FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635819

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982431

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a371c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.120 38.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3715a',
    500: '#8a371c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a371c;
$custom-light: #b3715a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a371c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.727,
    "s": 66.265,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4476,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 38
  },
  "luminance": 0.08219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A371C

secondary

#469FBB

accent

#BFE93F

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120804

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A371C

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

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