#8A3830#8A3830

#8A3830 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.114 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3830
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 48)
HSL	hsl(5, 48%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 65.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.90, 34.41, 22.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.90, 41.15, 33.24°)
OKLab	oklab(45.19% 0.1006 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(45.19% 0.114 28)
XYZ	xyz(12.4301, 8.4466, 3.7715)
Luminance	0.0844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3830 #30828A

analogous

#8A3055 #8A3830 #8A6530

triadic

#8A3830 #308A38 #38308A

tetradic

#8A3830 #558A30 #30828A #65308A

square

#8A3830 #558A30 #30828A #65308A

split-complementary

#8A3830 #308A65 #30558A

monochromatic

#2F1310 #5D2620 #8A3830 #B74A40 #CB7269

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.81

#8A3830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#8A3830 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3830

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3830	1.00	7.81	2.69	7.81
#FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D472F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61592E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972836

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.114 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27268',
    500: '#8a3830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3830;
$custom-light: #b27268;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.333,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4519,
    "c": 0.11392,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.08445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3830

secondary

#64ABB2

accent

#CCD850

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEB

border

#D0C8C6

text

#120806

muted

#817B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3830

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

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