#8A3638#8A3638

#8A3638 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.115 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3638
RGB	rgb(138, 54, 56)
HSL	hsl(359, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(359, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.66, 36.02, 17.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.66, 39.93, 25.58°)
OKLab	oklab(45.06% 0.1071 0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(45.06% 0.115 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.5153, 8.3287, 4.6892)
Luminance	0.0833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3638 #368A88

analogous

#8A3662 #8A3638 #8A5E36

triadic

#8A3638 #388A36 #36388A

tetradic

#8A3638 #628A36 #368A88 #5E368A

square

#8A3638 #628A36 #368A88 #5E368A

split-complementary

#8A3638 #368A5E #36628A

monochromatic

#321414 #5E2526 #8A3638 #B6474A #C87274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.88

#8A3638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#8A3638 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3638

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3638	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)

#4B4637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972737

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 54, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.115 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1716e',
    500: '#8a3638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3638;
$custom-light: #b1716e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.571,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45057,
    "c": 0.11507,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3638

secondary

#6BB1AF

accent

#D3D054

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120807

muted

#817B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3638

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

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