#8A3640#8A3640

#8A3640 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.115 H 15.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3640
RGB	rgb(138, 54, 64)
HSL	hsl(353, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(353, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.83, 36.71, 12.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.83, 38.73, 18.62°)
OKLab	oklab(45.24% 0.1104 0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(45.24% 0.115 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.7268, 8.4133, 5.8032)
Luminance	0.0841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3640 #368A80

analogous

#8A366A #8A3640 #8A5636

triadic

#8A3640 #408A36 #36408A

tetradic

#8A3640 #6A8A36 #368A80 #56368A

square

#8A3640 #6A8A36 #368A80 #56368A

split-complementary

#8A3640 #368A56 #366A8A

monochromatic

#321417 #5E252C #8A3640 #B64754 #C8727D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.83

#8A3640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#8A3640 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3640

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3640	1.00	7.83	2.68	7.83
#FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F583E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96293A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 54, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.115 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17174',
    500: '#8a3640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3640;
$custom-light: #b17174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.857,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45242,
    "c": 0.11474,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3640

secondary

#6BB1A8

accent

#D3C454

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EDED

border

#D0C8C8

text

#110808

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3640

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

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