#8A3826#8A3826

#8A3826 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.116 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3826
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 38)
HSL	hsl(11, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(11, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 72.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.75, 33.80, 28.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.75, 44.16, 40.07°)
OKLab	oklab(45.03% 0.0966 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(45.03% 0.116 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.2465, 8.3732, 2.8046)
Luminance	0.0837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3826 #26788A

analogous

#8A2646 #8A3826 #8A6A26

triadic

#8A3826 #268A38 #38268A

tetradic

#8A3826 #468A26 #26788A #6A268A

square

#8A3826 #468A26 #26788A #6A268A

split-complementary

#8A3826 #268A6A #26468A

monochromatic

#2A110C #5A2519 #8A3826 #BA4B33 #D16F59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.85

#8A3826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#8A3826 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3826

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3826	1.00	7.85	2.67	7.85
#FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625824

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982634

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.116 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27261',
    500: '#8a3826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3826;
$custom-light: #b27261;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.8,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4503,
    "c": 0.11643,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3826

secondary

#56A5B6

accent

#C5E048

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120805

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3826

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

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