#8A373C#8A373C

#8A373C is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.113 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A373C
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 60)
HSL	hsl(356, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(356, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 56.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.93, 35.85, 15.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.93, 38.89, 22.78°)
OKLab	oklab(45.29% 0.1072 0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(45.29% 0.113 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.6641, 8.4635, 5.2408)
Luminance	0.0846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A373C #378A85

analogous

#8A3765 #8A373C #8A5C37

triadic

#8A373C #3C8A37 #373C8A

tetradic

#8A373C #658A37 #378A85 #5C378A

square

#8A373C #658A37 #378A85 #5C378A

split-complementary

#8A373C #378A5C #37658A

monochromatic

#321416 #5E2629 #8A373C #B6484F #C87479

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#8A373C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#8A373C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A373C

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A373C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A373C	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B473C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60593A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972939

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a373c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.113 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17171',
    500: '#8a373c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a373c;
$custom-light: #b17171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a373c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.386,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45289,
    "c": 0.11349,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A373C

secondary

#6DB0AC

accent

#D3CB55

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEC

border

#D0C8C7

text

#110807

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A373C

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

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