#8A3440#8A3440

#8A3440 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.117 H 14.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3440
RGB	rgb(138, 52, 64)
HSL	hsl(352, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(352, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.46, 37.69, 11.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.46, 39.51, 17.47°)
OKLab	oklab(44.96% 0.1135 0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(44.96% 0.117 14.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.6357, 8.2310, 5.7728)
Luminance	0.0823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3440 #348A7E

analogous

#8A346B #8A3440 #8A5334

triadic

#8A3440 #408A34 #34408A

tetradic

#8A3440 #6B8A34 #348A7E #53348A

square

#8A3440 #6B8A34 #348A7E #53348A

split-complementary

#8A3440 #348A53 #346B8A

monochromatic

#311317 #5E232B #8A3440 #B64555 #C96F7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#8A3440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#8A3440 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3440

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3440	1.00	7.94	2.65	7.94
#FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E583E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972639

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 52, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.117 14.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17074',
    500: '#8a3440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3440;
$custom-light: #b17074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.628,
    "s": 45.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44964,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 14.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3440

secondary

#69B1A7

accent

#D5C353

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#110808

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3440

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

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