#8A373E#8A373E

#8A373E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.113 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A373E
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 62)
HSL	hsl(355, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(355, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 55.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.97, 36.03, 13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.97, 38.59, 21.02°)
OKLab	oklab(45.34% 0.108 0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(45.34% 0.113 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.7180, 8.4850, 5.5245)
Luminance	0.0848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A373E #378A83

analogous

#8A3767 #8A373E #8A5A37

triadic

#8A373E #3E8A37 #373E8A

tetradic

#8A373E #678A37 #378A83 #5A378A

square

#8A373E #678A37 #378A83 #5A378A

split-complementary

#8A373E #378A5A #37678A

monochromatic

#321417 #5E262A #8A373E #B64852 #C8747B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#8A373E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#8A373E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A373E

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A373E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A373E	1.00	7.79	2.70	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A483E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F593C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972A3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a373e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.113 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17173',
    500: '#8a373e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a373e;
$custom-light: #b17173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a373e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.94,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45335,
    "c": 0.11341,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A373E

secondary

#6DB0AB

accent

#D3C855

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEC

border

#D0C8C7

text

#110808

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A373E

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

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