#8A3829#8A3829

#8A3829 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.116 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3829
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 41)
HSL	hsl(9, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.79, 33.97, 26.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.79, 43.20, 38.16°)
OKLab	oklab(45.07% 0.0978 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(45.07% 0.116 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.2968, 8.3933, 3.0699)
Luminance	0.0839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3829 #297B8A

analogous

#8A294B #8A3829 #8A6829

triadic

#8A3829 #298A38 #38298A

tetradic

#8A3829 #4B8A29 #297B8A #68298A

square

#8A3829 #4B8A29 #297B8A #68298A

split-complementary

#8A3829 #298A68 #294B8A

monochromatic

#2C120D #5B251B #8A3829 #B94B37 #CF705E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#8A3829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#8A3829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3829

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3829	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)

#4E4727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625927

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982735

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.116 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27263',
    500: '#8a3829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3829;
$custom-light: #b27263;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.278,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45074,
    "c": 0.11562,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3829

secondary

#5AA7B5

accent

#C7DE4A

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDEA

border

#D0C8C6

text

#120805

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3829

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

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