#8A3D27#8A3D27

#8A3D27 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.111 H 36.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3D27
RGB	rgb(138, 61, 39)
HSL	hsl(13, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(13, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.8%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.77, 31.24, 29.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.77, 42.64, 42.88°)
OKLab	oklab(45.81% 0.0889 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(45.81% 0.111 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.5174, 8.8888, 2.9756)
Luminance	0.0889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3D27 #27748A

analogous

#8A2743 #8A3D27 #8A6E27

triadic

#8A3D27 #278A3D #3D278A

tetradic

#8A3D27 #438A27 #27748A #6E278A

square

#8A3D27 #438A27 #27748A #6E278A

split-complementary

#8A3D27 #278A6E #27438A

monochromatic

#2B130C #5A281A #8A3D27 #BA5234 #D1755B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#8A3D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#8A3D27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3D27

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3D27	1.00	7.56	2.78	7.56
#FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524A25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982D38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 61, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.111 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27562',
    500: '#8a3d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3d27;
$custom-light: #b27562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45809,
    "c": 0.11099,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3D27

secondary

#57A1B6

accent

#BEDF49

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDEA

border

#D0C8C6

text

#120805

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3D27

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

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