#8A3537#8A3537

#8A3537 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.116 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3537
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 55)
HSL	hsl(359, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(359, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.45, 36.43, 17.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.45, 40.46, 25.78°)
OKLab	oklab(44.9% 0.1082 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(44.9% 0.116 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.4450, 8.2269, 4.5463)
Luminance	0.0823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3537 #358A88

analogous

#8A3562 #8A3537 #8A5D35

triadic

#8A3537 #378A35 #35378A

tetradic

#8A3537 #628A35 #358A88 #5D358A

square

#8A3537 #628A35 #358A88 #5D358A

split-complementary

#8A3537 #358A5D #35628A

monochromatic

#321314 #5E2425 #8A3537 #B64649 #C87173

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#8A3537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#8A3537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3537

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3537	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)

#4A4636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972536

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.116 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1706d',
    500: '#8a3537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3537;
$custom-light: #b1706d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.588,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44895,
    "c": 0.1164,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3537

secondary

#6AB1AF

accent

#D4D154

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120807

muted

#817B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3537

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

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