#8A3431#8A3431

#8A3431 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.118 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3431
RGB	rgb(138, 52, 49)
HSL	hsl(2, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.15, 36.48, 21.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.15, 42.10, 29.93°)
OKLab	oklab(44.64% 0.1072 0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(44.64% 0.118 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.2648, 8.0826, 3.8194)
Luminance	0.0808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3431 #31878A

analogous

#8A315B #8A3431 #8A6131

triadic

#8A3431 #318A34 #34318A

tetradic

#8A3431 #5B8A31 #31878A #61318A

square

#8A3431 #5B8A31 #31878A #61318A

split-complementary

#8A3431 #318A61 #315B8A

monochromatic

#301211 #5D2321 #8A3431 #B74541 #CA6E6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#8A3431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8A3431 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3431

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3431	1.00	8.03	2.62	8.03
#FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60572F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972334

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 52, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.118 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26f69',
    500: '#8a3431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3431;
$custom-light: #b26f69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.022,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44636,
    "c": 0.11839,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3431

secondary

#65AFB2

accent

#D3D751

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120806

muted

#817B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3431

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

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