HEX atlas value

#8A3324

#8A3324 is a warm red HEX color nearest Brick Red. RGB 138, 51, 36, HSL 9° 59% 34%, luminance 0.079; view contrast and conversions.

red warm balanced

#8A3324 Sample readable text

HEX #8A3324

RGB rgb(138, 51, 36)

HSL hsl(9 59% 34%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 63, 74, 46)

Luminance 0.079

Contrast Black 2.58:1White 8.14:1

CSS

--color-8a3324: #8A3324;
.background-8a3324 { background-color: #8A3324; }
.text-8a3324 { color: #8A3324; }

HEX meaning and use

About #8A3324

#8A3324 is classified as a warm red value with balanced visual character. #8A3324 is visually closest to Brick Red, a named red color with HEX #8A3324.

The RGB channels are 138, 51, and 36, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 9deg with 59% saturation and 34% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-attention visual states. Its luminance is 0.079, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text2.58:1AA Fail

White text8.14:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #8A3324 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000002.58:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF8.14:1 · AAA

Accessible Alternatives

#411811#411811 · #FFFFFF text · best 15.4:1 Garnet#733635 · #FFFFFF text · best 9.1:1 #8A2447#8A2447 · #FFFFFF text · best 8.66:1 #774037#774037 · #FFFFFF text · best 8.16:1 #9D2610#9D2610 · #FFFFFF text · best 7.73:1

Generated Palette

Burnt Umber#8A3324

#247B8A#247B8A

#8A2447#8A2447

#8A6624#8A6624

#CD523C#CD523C

#411811#411811

Color Harmonies

#247B8A#247B8A

#8A2447#8A2447

#8A6624#8A6624

#248A33#248A33

#33248A#33248A

Variants

#CD523C#CD523C

#411811#411811

#9D2610#9D2610

#774037#774037

#C47668#C47668

#D62000#D62000

Nearest Named Colors

Brick Red#8A3324

Burnt Umber#8A3324

Saddle Brown#8B4513

Garnet#733635

Brown#A52A2A

Luminance0.079

Black text2.58:1AA Fail

White text8.14:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#8A3324","rgb":[138,51,36],"hsl":[9,59,34],"cmyk":[0,63,74,46],"luminance":0.079,"contrast":{"black":2.58,"white":8.14}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":2.58,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":8.14,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#411811","hex":"#411811","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.36,"contrastWhite":15.4,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Garnet","hex":"#733635","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.31,"contrastWhite":9.1,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#8A2447","hex":"#8A2447","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.42,"contrastWhite":8.66,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#774037","hex":"#774037","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.57,"contrastWhite":8.16,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#9D2610","hex":"#9D2610","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.72,"contrastWhite":7.73,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","balanced","balanced red","Brick Red adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/8a3324.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/brick-red.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/burnt-umber.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/saddle-brown.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#247B8A","analogous":["#8A2447","#8A6624"],"triadic":["#248A33","#33248A"],"tetradic":["#478A24","#247B8A","#66248A"],"splitComplementary":["#248A66","#24478A"],"monochromatic":["#CD523C","#8A3324","#411811"]}

Variants

{"light":"#CD523C","dark":"#411811","saturated":"#9D2610","desaturated":"#774037","pastel":"#C47668","neon":"#D62000"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"brick-red","name":"Brick Red","hex":"#8A3324","distance":0},{"slug":"burnt-umber","name":"Burnt Umber","hex":"#8A3324","distance":0},{"slug":"saddle-brown","name":"Saddle Brown","hex":"#8B4513","distance":24.779023386727733},{"slug":"garnet","name":"Garnet","hex":"#733635","distance":28.75760768909681},{"slug":"brown","name":"Brown","hex":"#A52A2A","distance":29.086079144497972}]

#8A3324

CSS

About #8A3324

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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