#8A3828#8A3828

#8A3828 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.116 H 32.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3828
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 40)
HSL	hsl(10, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.77, 33.91, 27.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.77, 43.52, 38.81°)
OKLab	oklab(45.06% 0.0974 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(45.06% 0.116 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.2796, 8.3864, 2.9792)
Luminance	0.0838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3828 #287A8A

analogous

#8A2849 #8A3828 #8A6928

triadic

#8A3828 #288A38 #38288A

tetradic

#8A3828 #498A28 #287A8A #69288A

square

#8A3828 #498A28 #287A8A #69288A

split-complementary

#8A3828 #288A69 #28498A

monochromatic

#2B110C #5B251A #8A3828 #B94B36 #D06F5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#8A3828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#8A3828 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3828

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3828	1.00	7.84	2.68	7.84
#FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625926

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982735

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.116 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27262',
    500: '#8a3828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3828;
$custom-light: #b27262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.796,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45059,
    "c": 0.11588,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3828

secondary

#59A6B5

accent

#C6DE49

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDEA

border

#D0C8C6

text

#120805

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3828

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

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