#8A3744#8A3744

#8A3744 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.114 H 13.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3744
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 68)
HSL	hsl(351, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(351, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 50.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.11, 36.59, 10.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.11, 37.98, 15.58°)
OKLab	oklab(45.49% 0.1105 0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(45.49% 0.114 13.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.8918, 8.5545, 6.4400)
Luminance	0.0855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3744 #378A7D

analogous

#8A376E #8A3744 #8A5337

triadic

#8A3744 #448A37 #37448A

tetradic

#8A3744 #6E8A37 #378A7D #53378A

square

#8A3744 #6E8A37 #378A7D #53378A

split-complementary

#8A3744 #378A53 #376E8A

monochromatic

#321419 #5E262E #8A3744 #B6485A #C87481

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#8A3744 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#8A3744 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3744

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3744	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3744	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#962B3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3744;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.114 13.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07177',
    500: '#8a3744',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3744;
$custom-light: #b07177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3744",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.602,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45485,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 13.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3744

secondary

#6DB0A6

accent

#D3BF55

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EDED

border

#D0C8C8

text

#110808

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3744

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

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