#8A3531#8A3531

#8A3531 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.117 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3531
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 49)
HSL	hsl(3, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(3, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.34, 35.99, 21.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.34, 41.79, 30.55°)
OKLab	oklab(44.78% 0.1057 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(44.78% 0.117 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.3099, 8.1728, 3.8344)
Luminance	0.0817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3531 #31868A

analogous

#8A315A #8A3531 #8A6231

triadic

#8A3531 #318A35 #35318A

tetradic

#8A3531 #5A8A31 #31868A #62318A

square

#8A3531 #5A8A31 #31868A #62318A

split-complementary

#8A3531 #318A62 #315A8A

monochromatic

#301211 #5D2421 #8A3531 #B74641 #CA6F6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#8A3531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#8A3531 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3531

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3531	1.00	7.97	2.63	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60582F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972435

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.117 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27069',
    500: '#8a3531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3531;
$custom-light: #b27069;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.697,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44776,
    "c": 0.11722,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3531

secondary

#65AEB2

accent

#D1D751

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120806

muted

#817B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3531

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

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