#8A3A27#8A3A27

#8A3A27 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.114 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3A27
RGB	rgb(138, 58, 39)
HSL	hsl(12, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.16, 32.82, 28.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.16, 43.35, 40.78°)
OKLab	oklab(45.35% 0.0938 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(45.35% 0.114 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.3617, 8.5775, 2.9237)
Luminance	0.0858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3A27 #27778A

analogous

#8A2746 #8A3A27 #8A6C27

triadic

#8A3A27 #278A3A #3A278A

tetradic

#8A3A27 #468A27 #27778A #6C278A

square

#8A3A27 #468A27 #27778A #6C278A

split-complementary

#8A3A27 #278A6C #27468A

monochromatic

#2B120C #5A261A #8A3A27 #BA4E34 #D1715B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#8A3A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#8A3A27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3A27

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3A27	1.00	7.73	2.72	7.73
#FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982936

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 58, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.114 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27362',
    500: '#8a3a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3a27;
$custom-light: #b27362;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.515,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45345,
    "c": 0.11407,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3A27

secondary

#57A3B6

accent

#C2DF49

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDEA

border

#D0C8C6

text

#120805

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3A27

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

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