#8A3E28#8A3E28

#8A3E28 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.110 H 36.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3E28
RGB	rgb(138, 62, 40)
HSL	hsl(13, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(13, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.99, 30.77, 28.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.99, 42.07, 43.00°)
OKLab	oklab(45.98% 0.0877 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(45.98% 0.11 36.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.5880, 9.0033, 3.0820)
Luminance	0.0900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3E28 #28748A

analogous

#8A2843 #8A3E28 #8A6F28

triadic

#8A3E28 #288A3E #3E288A

tetradic

#8A3E28 #438A28 #28748A #6F288A

square

#8A3E28 #438A28 #28748A #6F288A

split-complementary

#8A3E28 #288A6F #28438A

monochromatic

#2B130C #5B291A #8A3E28 #B95336 #D0765D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.50

#8A3E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#8A3E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3E28

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3E28	1.00	7.50	2.80	7.50
#FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972F39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 62, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.110 36.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27563',
    500: '#8a3e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3e28;
$custom-light: #b27563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.469,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45981,
    "c": 0.10966,
    "h": 36.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3E28

secondary

#59A0B5

accent

#BDDE49

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDEA

border

#D0C8C6

text

#120805

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3E28

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

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