#8A3833#8A3833

#8A3833 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.113 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3833
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 51)
HSL	hsl(3, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(3, 63%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 63%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.95, 34.63, 20.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.95, 40.37, 30.94°)
OKLab	oklab(45.25% 0.1018 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(45.25% 0.113 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.4941, 8.4722, 4.1087)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3833 #33858A

analogous

#8A335A #8A3833 #8A6433

triadic

#8A3833 #338A38 #38338A

tetradic

#8A3833 #5A8A33 #33858A #64338A

square

#8A3833 #5A8A33 #33858A #64338A

split-complementary

#8A3833 #338A64 #335A8A

monochromatic

#311412 #5D2622 #8A3833 #B74A44 #C9736E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#8A3833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#8A3833 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3833

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3833	1.00	7.79	2.69	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972937

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.113 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1726a',
    500: '#8a3833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3833;
$custom-light: #b1726a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.448,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45245,
    "c": 0.11333,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3833

secondary

#67ADB1

accent

#CED652

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEB

border

#D0C8C6

text

#120806

muted

#817B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3833

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

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