#8A3834#8A3834

#8A3834 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.113 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3834
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 52)
HSL	hsl(3, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(3, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 62.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.97, 34.70, 20.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.97, 40.13, 30.15°)
OKLab	oklab(45.26% 0.1022 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(45.26% 0.113 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.5164, 8.4811, 4.2261)
Luminance	0.0848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3834 #34868A

analogous

#8A345B #8A3834 #8A6334

triadic

#8A3834 #348A38 #38348A

tetradic

#8A3834 #5B8A34 #34868A #63348A

square

#8A3834 #5B8A34 #34868A #63348A

split-complementary

#8A3834 #348A63 #345B8A

monochromatic

#311413 #5E2623 #8A3834 #B64A45 #C9746F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#8A3834 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#8A3834 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3834

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3834	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3834	1.00	7.79	2.70	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972938

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3834;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.113 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1726b',
    500: '#8a3834',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3834;
$custom-light: #b1726b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3834",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.791,
    "s": 45.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45264,
    "c": 0.11315,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3834

secondary

#69AEB1

accent

#CFD553

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEB

border

#D0C8C6

text

#120806

muted

#817B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3834

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

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