#8A3D28#8A3D28

#8A3D28 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.111 H 36.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3D28
RGB	rgb(138, 61, 40)
HSL	hsl(13, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(13, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.8%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.78, 31.30, 28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.78, 42.30, 42.26°)
OKLab	oklab(45.82% 0.0893 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(45.82% 0.111 36.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.5342, 8.8955, 3.0640)
Luminance	0.0889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3D28 #28758A

analogous

#8A2844 #8A3D28 #8A6E28

triadic

#8A3D28 #288A3D #3D288A

tetradic

#8A3D28 #448A28 #28758A #6E288A

square

#8A3D28 #448A28 #28758A #6E288A

split-complementary

#8A3D28 #288A6E #28448A

monochromatic

#2B130C #5B281A #8A3D28 #B95236 #D0755D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#8A3D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#8A3D28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3D28

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3D28	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)

#524A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972D38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 61, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.111 36.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27562',
    500: '#8a3d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3d28;
$custom-light: #b27562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.857,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45823,
    "c": 0.11067,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3D28

secondary

#59A1B5

accent

#BEDE49

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDEA

border

#D0C8C6

text

#120805

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3D28

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

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