#8D3828#8D3828

#8D3828 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.119 H 32.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D3828
RGB	rgb(141, 56, 40)
HSL	hsl(10, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(10, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 71.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.29, 35.08, 28.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.29, 44.89, 38.61°)
OKLab	oklab(45.55% 0.1007 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(45.55% 0.119 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.7830, 8.6460, 3.0028)
Luminance	0.0864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D3828 #287D8D

analogous

#8D284A #8D3828 #8D6A28

triadic

#8D3828 #288D38 #38288D

tetradic

#8D3828 #4A8D28 #287D8D #6A288D

square

#8D3828 #4A8D28 #287D8D #6A288D

split-complementary

#8D3828 #288D6A #284A8D

monochromatic

#2E120D #5D251A #8D3828 #BD4B36 #D1705E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#8D3828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#8D3828 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D3828

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D3828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D3828	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645A26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B2635

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d3828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 56, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.119 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57262',
    500: '#8d3828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d3828;
$custom-light: #b57262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d3828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.505,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45552,
    "c": 0.11945,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D3828

secondary

#5AA8B7

accent

#C7DF49

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EDEA

border

#D0C8C6

text

#120805

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D3828

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

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