#8A3C26#8A3C26

#8A3C26 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.112 H 36.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3C26
RGB	rgb(138, 60, 38)
HSL	hsl(13, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(13, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 72.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.55, 31.72, 29.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.55, 43.21, 42.78°)
OKLab	oklab(45.64% 0.0902 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(45.64% 0.112 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.4481, 8.7765, 2.8719)
Luminance	0.0877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3C26 #26748A

analogous

#8A2642 #8A3C26 #8A6E26

triadic

#8A3C26 #268A3C #3C268A

tetradic

#8A3C26 #428A26 #26748A #6E268A

square

#8A3C26 #428A26 #26748A #6E268A

split-complementary

#8A3C26 #268A6E #26428A

monochromatic

#2A120C #5A2719 #8A3C26 #BA5133 #D17459

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.62

#8A3C26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#8A3C26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3C26

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3C26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3C26	1.00	7.62	2.75	7.62
#FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645A24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982C37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3c26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 60, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.112 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27461',
    500: '#8a3c26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3c26;
$custom-light: #b27461;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3c26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.2,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45638,
    "c": 0.11233,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3C26

secondary

#56A1B6

accent

#BFE048

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDEA

border

#D0C8C6

text

#120805

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3C26

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

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