#8A3740#8A3740

#8A3740 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.113 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3740
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 64)
HSL	hsl(353, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(353, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.02, 36.21, 12.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.02, 38.35, 19.23°)
OKLab	oklab(45.38% 0.1089 0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(45.38% 0.113 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.7739, 8.5074, 5.8189)
Luminance	0.0851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3740 #378A81

analogous

#8A3769 #8A3740 #8A5737

triadic

#8A3740 #408A37 #37408A

tetradic

#8A3740 #698A37 #378A81 #57378A

square

#8A3740 #698A37 #378A81 #57378A

split-complementary

#8A3740 #378A57 #37698A

monochromatic

#321417 #5E262C #8A3740 #B64854 #C8747D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.77

#8A3740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#8A3740 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3740

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3740	1.00	7.77	2.70	7.77
#FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F593E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#962A3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.113 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17174',
    500: '#8a3740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3740;
$custom-light: #b17174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.494,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45383,
    "c": 0.1134,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3740

secondary

#6DB0A9

accent

#D3C555

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EDED

border

#D0C8C8

text

#110808

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3740

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

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