#8A373B#8A373B

#8A373B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.114 H 19.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A373B
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 59)
HSL	hsl(357, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(357, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 57.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.91, 35.77, 15.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.91, 39.05, 23.66°)
OKLab	oklab(45.27% 0.1068 0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(45.27% 0.114 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.6379, 8.4530, 5.1029)
Luminance	0.0845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A373B #378A86

analogous

#8A3765 #8A373B #8A5C37

triadic

#8A373B #3B8A37 #373B8A

tetradic

#8A373B #658A37 #378A86 #5C378A

square

#8A373B #658A37 #378A86 #5C378A

split-complementary

#8A373B #378A5C #37658A

monochromatic

#321416 #5E2628 #8A373B #B6484E #C87478

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.81

#8A373B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#8A373B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A373B

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A373B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A373B	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)

#4B473B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972939

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a373b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.114 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17170',
    500: '#8a373b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a373b;
$custom-light: #b17170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a373b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.108,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45266,
    "c": 0.11355,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A373B

secondary

#6DB0AD

accent

#D3CD55

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEC

border

#D0C8C7

text

#110807

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A373B

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

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