#8A3C29#8A3C29

#8A3C29 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.111 H 34.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3C29
RGB	rgb(138, 60, 41)
HSL	hsl(12, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.59, 31.89, 27.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.59, 42.20, 40.91°)
OKLab	oklab(45.68% 0.0913 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(45.68% 0.111 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.4985, 8.7967, 3.1372)
Luminance	0.0880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3C29 #29778A

analogous

#8A2946 #8A3C29 #8A6D29

triadic

#8A3C29 #298A3C #3C298A

tetradic

#8A3C29 #468A29 #29778A #6D298A

square

#8A3C29 #468A29 #29778A #6D298A

split-complementary

#8A3C29 #298A6D #29468A

monochromatic

#2C130D #5B271B #8A3C29 #B95137 #CF745E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.61

#8A3C29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#8A3C29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3C29

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3C29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3C29	1.00	7.61	2.76	7.61
#FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3c29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 60, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.111 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27463',
    500: '#8a3c29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3c29;
$custom-light: #b27463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3c29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.753,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45681,
    "c": 0.11138,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3C29

secondary

#5AA3B5

accent

#C1DE4A

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDEA

border

#D0C8C6

text

#120805

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3C29

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

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