#8A3F28#8A3F28

#8A3F28 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.109 H 37.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3F28
RGB	rgb(138, 63, 40)
HSL	hsl(14, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(14, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.20, 30.23, 28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.20, 41.84, 43.74°)
OKLab	oklab(46.14% 0.086 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(46.14% 0.109 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.6429, 9.1131, 3.1003)
Luminance	0.0911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3F28 #28738A

analogous

#8A2842 #8A3F28 #8A7028

triadic

#8A3F28 #288A3F #3F288A

tetradic

#8A3F28 #428A28 #28738A #70288A

square

#8A3F28 #428A28 #28738A #70288A

split-complementary

#8A3F28 #288A70 #28428A

monochromatic

#2B140C #5B291A #8A3F28 #B95536 #D0785D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.44

#8A3F28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#8A3F28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3F28

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3F28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3F28	1.00	7.44	2.82	7.44
#FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97303A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3f28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 63, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.109 37.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27663',
    500: '#8a3f28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3f28;
$custom-light: #b27663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3f28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.082,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46141,
    "c": 0.10866,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3F28

secondary

#599FB5

accent

#BBDE49

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDEA

border

#D0C8C6

text

#120805

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3F28

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

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