#8A3728#8A3728

#8A3728 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.117 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3728
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 40)
HSL	hsl(9, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.58, 34.42, 27.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.58, 43.77, 38.17°)
OKLab	oklab(44.91% 0.099 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(44.91% 0.117 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.2316, 8.2905, 2.9632)
Luminance	0.0829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3728 #287B8A

analogous

#8A284A #8A3728 #8A6828

triadic

#8A3728 #288A37 #37288A

tetradic

#8A3728 #4A8A28 #287B8A #68288A

square

#8A3728 #4A8A28 #287B8A #68288A

split-complementary

#8A3728 #288A68 #284A8A

monochromatic

#2B110C #5B241A #8A3728 #B94A36 #D06E5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#8A3728 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#8A3728 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3728

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3728	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3728	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625826

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982534

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3728;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.117 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27162',
    500: '#8a3728',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3728;
$custom-light: #b27162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3728",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.184,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44912,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3728

secondary

#59A7B5

accent

#C8DE49

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDEA

border

#D0C8C6

text

#120805

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3728

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

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