#8A3539#8A3539

#8A3539 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.116 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3539
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 57)
HSL	hsl(357, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(357, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.49, 36.59, 16.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.49, 40.09, 24.12°)
OKLab	oklab(44.94% 0.109 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(44.94% 0.116 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.4939, 8.2465, 4.8039)
Luminance	0.0824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3539 #358A86

analogous

#8A3564 #8A3539 #8A5B35

triadic

#8A3539 #398A35 #35398A

tetradic

#8A3539 #648A35 #358A86 #5B358A

square

#8A3539 #648A35 #358A86 #5B358A

split-complementary

#8A3539 #358A5B #35648A

monochromatic

#321314 #5E2427 #8A3539 #B6464B #C87175

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.93

#8A3539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#8A3539 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3539

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3539	1.00	7.93	2.65	7.93
#FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972637

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.116 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1706f',
    500: '#8a3539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3539;
$custom-light: #b1706f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.176,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44938,
    "c": 0.11623,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3539

secondary

#6AB1AD

accent

#D4CE54

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEC

border

#D0C7C7

text

#120807

muted

#817B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3539

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

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