#8A3541#8A3541

#8A3541 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.116 H 14.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3541
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 65)
HSL	hsl(352, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(352, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 52.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.67, 37.29, 11.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.67, 39.03, 17.15°)
OKLab	oklab(45.13% 0.1124 0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(45.13% 0.116 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.7095, 8.3327, 5.9391)
Luminance	0.0833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3541 #358A7E

analogous

#8A356C #8A3541 #8A5335

triadic

#8A3541 #418A35 #35418A

tetradic

#8A3541 #6C8A35 #358A7E #53358A

square

#8A3541 #6C8A35 #358A7E #53358A

split-complementary

#8A3541 #358A53 #356C8A

monochromatic

#321317 #5E242C #8A3541 #B64656 #C8717D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.88

#8A3541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#8A3541 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3541

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3541	1.00	7.88	2.67	7.88
#FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E583F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96283A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.116 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17075',
    500: '#8a3541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3541;
$custom-light: #b17075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.529,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45127,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3541

secondary

#6AB1A7

accent

#D4C254

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#110808

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3541

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

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