#8A3543#8A3543

#8A3543 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.116 H 13.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3543
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 67)
HSL	hsl(350, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(350, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 51.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.71, 37.48, 10.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.71, 38.87, 15.35°)
OKLab	oklab(45.18% 0.1133 0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(45.18% 0.116 13)
XYZ	xyz(12.7685, 8.3563, 6.2496)
Luminance	0.0835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3543 #358A7C

analogous

#8A356D #8A3543 #8A5235

triadic

#8A3543 #438A35 #35438A

tetradic

#8A3543 #6D8A35 #358A7C #52358A

square

#8A3543 #6D8A35 #358A7C #52358A

split-complementary

#8A3543 #358A52 #356D8A

monochromatic

#321318 #5E242E #8A3543 #B64658 #C8717F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.86

#8A3543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#8A3543 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3543

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3543	1.00	7.86	2.67	7.86
#FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96283A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.116 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07077',
    500: '#8a3543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3543;
$custom-light: #b07077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.118,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45178,
    "c": 0.11624,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.08355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3543

secondary

#6AB1A5

accent

#D4BF54

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#110808

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3543

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

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