#8A3742#8A3742

#8A3742 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.113 H 14.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3742
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 66)
HSL	hsl(352, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(352, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 52.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.06, 36.40, 11.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.06, 38.14, 17.41°)
OKLab	oklab(45.43% 0.1097 0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(45.43% 0.113 14.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.8318, 8.5305, 6.1240)
Luminance	0.0853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3742 #378A7F

analogous

#8A376B #8A3742 #8A5537

triadic

#8A3742 #428A37 #37428A

tetradic

#8A3742 #6B8A37 #378A7F #55378A

square

#8A3742 #6B8A37 #378A7F #55378A

split-complementary

#8A3742 #378A55 #376B8A

monochromatic

#321418 #5E262D #8A3742 #B64857 #C8747F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.76

#8A3742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#8A3742 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3742

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3742	1.00	7.76	2.71	7.76
#FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#962B3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.113 14.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07176',
    500: '#8a3742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3742;
$custom-light: #b07176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.048,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45433,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 14.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3742

secondary

#6DB0A7

accent

#D3C255

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EDED

border

#D0C8C8

text

#110808

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3742

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

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