#8A373D#8A373D

#8A373D is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.113 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A373D
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 61)
HSL	hsl(356, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(356, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 55.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.95, 35.94, 14.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.95, 38.74, 21.91°)
OKLab	oklab(45.31% 0.1076 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(45.31% 0.113 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.6908, 8.4741, 5.3813)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A373D #378A84

analogous

#8A3766 #8A373D #8A5B37

triadic

#8A373D #3D8A37 #373D8A

tetradic

#8A373D #668A37 #378A84 #5B378A

square

#8A373D #668A37 #378A84 #5B378A

split-complementary

#8A373D #378A5B #37668A

monochromatic

#321416 #5E262A #8A373D #B64850 #C8747A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#8A373D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#8A373D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A373D

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A373D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A373D	1.00	7.79	2.69	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A473D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F593B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97293A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a373d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.113 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17172',
    500: '#8a373d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a373d;
$custom-light: #b17172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a373d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.663,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45312,
    "c": 0.11344,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A373D

secondary

#6DB0AB

accent

#D3CA55

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEC

border

#D0C8C7

text

#110808

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A373D

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

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