#8A3824#8A3824

#8A3824 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.117 H 35.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3824
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 36)
HSL	hsl(12, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(12, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 73.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.72, 33.69, 29.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.72, 44.83, 41.28°)
OKLab	oklab(45% 0.0959 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(45% 0.117 35)
XYZ	xyz(12.2151, 8.3606, 2.6393)
Luminance	0.0836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3824 #24768A

analogous

#8A2443 #8A3824 #8A6B24

triadic

#8A3824 #248A38 #38248A

tetradic

#8A3824 #438A24 #24768A #6B248A

square

#8A3824 #438A24 #24768A #6B248A

split-complementary

#8A3824 #248A6B #24438A

monochromatic

#29110B #592417 #8A3824 #BB4C31 #D36E56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.86

#8A3824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#8A3824 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3824

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3824	1.00	7.86	2.67	7.86
#FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625822

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982634

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.117 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2715f',
    500: '#8a3824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3824;
$custom-light: #b2715f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.765,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45003,
    "c": 0.11699,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.08359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3824

secondary

#53A3B7

accent

#C3E246

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120804

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3824

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

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