#8A3549#8A3549

#8A3549 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.117 H 8.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3549
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 73)
HSL	hsl(346, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(346, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 47.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.87, 38.08, 6.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.87, 38.66, 9.90°)
OKLab	oklab(45.34% 0.1157 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(45.34% 0.117 8.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.9579, 8.4320, 7.2472)
Luminance	0.0843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3549 #358A76

analogous

#8A3574 #8A3549 #8A4B35

triadic

#8A3549 #498A35 #35498A

tetradic

#8A3549 #748A35 #358A76 #4B358A

square

#8A3549 #748A35 #358A76 #4B358A

split-complementary

#8A3549 #358A4B #35748A

monochromatic

#32131A #5E2432 #8A3549 #B64660 #C87186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#8A3549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#8A3549 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3549

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3549	1.00	7.82	2.69	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#962A3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.117 8.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0707b',
    500: '#8a3549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3549;
$custom-light: #b0707b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.882,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45343,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 8.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3549

secondary

#6AB1A0

accent

#D4B654

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EDED

border

#D0C8C8

text

#110809

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3549

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

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