#8A3836#8A3836

#8A3836 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.113 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8A3836
RGBrgb(138, 56, 54)
HSLhsl(1, 44%, 38%)
HSVhsv(1, 61%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 59.4%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LABlab(35.00, 34.85, 18.95)
CIE-LCHlch(35.00, 39.67, 28.53°)
OKLaboklab(45.3% 0.1031 0.046)
OKLCHoklch(45.3% 0.113 24)
XYZxyz(12.5624, 8.4995, 4.4684)
Luminance0.0850 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8A3836 #36888A
analogous
#8A365E #8A3836 #8A6236
triadic
#8A3836 #368A38 #38368A
tetradic
#8A3836 #5E8A36 #36888A #62368A
square
#8A3836 #5E8A36 #36888A #62368A
split-complementary
#8A3836 #368A62 #365E8A
monochromatic
#321414 #5E2625 #8A3836 #B64A47 #C87472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78
#8A3836 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70
#8A3836 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3836
7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8A3836#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8A38361.007.782.707.78
#FFFFFF7.781.0021.001.00
#0000002.7021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.781.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4C4735
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#615934
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#972938
Achromatopsia (no color)
#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8a3836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.113 24.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1726d',
    500: '#8a3836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8a3836;
$custom-light: #b1726d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8a3836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.429,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45304,
    "c": 0.11284,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.08498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8A3836
secondary
#6BAFB1
accent
#D0D354
background
#FBF7F6
surface
#F6EDEB
border
#D0C8C6
text
#120807
muted
#817B7A

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#8A3836 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva