#8A3825#8A3825

#8A3825 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.117 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3825
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 37)
HSL	hsl(11, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(11, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 73.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.74, 33.74, 29.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.74, 44.49, 40.68°)
OKLab	oklab(45.02% 0.0963 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(45.02% 0.117 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.2306, 8.3668, 2.7208)
Luminance	0.0837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3825 #25778A

analogous

#8A2545 #8A3825 #8A6B25

triadic

#8A3825 #258A38 #38258A

tetradic

#8A3825 #458A25 #25778A #6B258A

square

#8A3825 #458A25 #25778A #6B258A

split-complementary

#8A3825 #258A6B #25458A

monochromatic

#29110B #5A2418 #8A3825 #BA4C32 #D26E57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.86

#8A3825 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#8A3825 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3825

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3825	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3825	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)

#4E4623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625823

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982634

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3825;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.117 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27160',
    500: '#8a3825',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3825;
$custom-light: #b27160;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3825",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.287,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45016,
    "c": 0.11671,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3825

secondary

#54A4B7

accent

#C4E147

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120805

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3825

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

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