#8A3639#8A3639

#8A3639 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.115 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3639
RGB	rgb(138, 54, 57)
HSL	hsl(358, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(358, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.68, 36.10, 16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.68, 39.75, 24.73°)
OKLab	oklab(45.08% 0.1075 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(45.08% 0.115 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.5400, 8.3386, 4.8193)
Luminance	0.0834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3639 #368A87

analogous

#8A3663 #8A3639 #8A5D36

triadic

#8A3639 #398A36 #36398A

tetradic

#8A3639 #638A36 #368A87 #5D368A

square

#8A3639 #638A36 #368A87 #5D368A

split-complementary

#8A3639 #368A5D #36638A

monochromatic

#321415 #5E2527 #8A3639 #B6474B #C87275

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87

#8A3639 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#8A3639 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3639

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3639	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3639	1.00	7.87	2.67	7.87
#FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3639;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 54, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.115 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1716f',
    500: '#8a3639',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3639;
$custom-light: #b1716f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3639",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.857,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45079,
    "c": 0.11497,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3639

secondary

#6BB1AE

accent

#D3CF54

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEC

border

#D0C8C7

text

#110807

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3639

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

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