#8A3337#8A3337

#8A3337 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.119 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3337
RGB	rgb(138, 51, 55)
HSL	hsl(357, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(357, 63%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.08, 37.41, 17.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.08, 41.14, 24.59°)
OKLab	oklab(44.62% 0.1113 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(44.62% 0.119 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.3558, 8.0484, 4.5165)
Luminance	0.0805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3337 #338A86

analogous

#8A3363 #8A3337 #8A5A33

triadic

#8A3337 #378A33 #33378A

tetradic

#8A3337 #638A33 #338A86 #5A338A

square

#8A3337 #638A33 #338A86 #5A338A

split-complementary

#8A3337 #338A5A #33638A

monochromatic

#311213 #5D2225 #8A3337 #B74449 #C96E72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.05

#8A3337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#8A3337 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3337

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3337	1.00	8.05	2.61	8.05
#FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972335

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 51, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.119 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16f6d',
    500: '#8a3337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3337;
$custom-light: #b16f6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.241,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44619,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3337

secondary

#67B1AE

accent

#D6D052

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3337

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

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