#8A373A#8A373A

#8A373A is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.114 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A373A
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 58)
HSL	hsl(358, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(358, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 58%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.89, 35.68, 16.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.89, 39.22, 24.52°)
OKLab	oklab(45.24% 0.1063 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(45.24% 0.114 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.6122, 8.4427, 4.9676)
Luminance	0.0844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A373A #378A87

analogous

#8A3764 #8A373A #8A5D37

triadic

#8A373A #3A8A37 #373A8A

tetradic

#8A373A #648A37 #378A87 #5D378A

square

#8A373A #648A37 #378A87 #5D378A

split-complementary

#8A373A #378A5D #37648A

monochromatic

#321415 #5E2628 #8A373A #B6484C #C87477

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.81

#8A373A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#8A373A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A373A

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A373A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A373A	1.00	7.81	2.69	7.81
#FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B473A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972939

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a373a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.114 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17170',
    500: '#8a373a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a373a;
$custom-light: #b17170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a373a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.831,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45244,
    "c": 0.11363,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A373A

secondary

#6DB0AE

accent

#D3CE55

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEC

border

#D0C8C7

text

#110807

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A373A

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

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