#8A3C23#8A3C23

#8A3C23 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.113 H 38.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3C23
RGB	rgb(138, 60, 35)
HSL	hsl(15, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(15, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.51, 31.56, 31.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.51, 44.25, 44.51°)
OKLab	oklab(45.6% 0.0891 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(45.6% 0.113 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.4017, 8.7579, 2.6272)
Luminance	0.0876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3C23 #23718A

analogous

#8A233E #8A3C23 #8A7023

triadic

#8A3C23 #238A3C #3C238A

tetradic

#8A3C23 #3E8A23 #23718A #70238A

square

#8A3C23 #3E8A23 #23718A #70238A

split-complementary

#8A3C23 #238A70 #233E8A

monochromatic

#28120A #592717 #8A3C23 #BB512F #D47354

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.63

#8A3C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#8A3C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3C23

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3C23	1.00	7.63	2.75	7.63
#FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645A21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982B37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 60, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.113 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2745f',
    500: '#8a3c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3c23;
$custom-light: #b2745f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.563,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45599,
    "c": 0.11329,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3C23

secondary

#519FB7

accent

#BCE345

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120804

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3C23

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

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