#8A3739#8A3739

#8A3739 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.114 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3739
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 57)
HSL	hsl(359, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(359, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.87, 35.60, 16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.87, 39.40, 25.37°)
OKLab	oklab(45.22% 0.1059 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(45.22% 0.114 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.5870, 8.4326, 4.8349)
Luminance	0.0843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3739 #378A88

analogous

#8A3762 #8A3739 #8A5E37

triadic

#8A3739 #398A37 #37398A

tetradic

#8A3739 #628A37 #378A88 #5E378A

square

#8A3739 #628A37 #378A88 #5E378A

split-complementary

#8A3739 #378A5E #37628A

monochromatic

#321415 #5E2627 #8A3739 #B6484B #C87476

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#8A3739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#8A3739 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3739

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3739	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)

#4B4738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972838

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.114 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1716f',
    500: '#8a3739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3739;
$custom-light: #b1716f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.554,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45222,
    "c": 0.11371,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3739

secondary

#6DB0AF

accent

#D3D055

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEC

border

#D0C8C7

text

#110807

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3739

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

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