#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
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 54)
HSL	hsl(1, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(1, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.00, 34.85, 18.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.00, 39.67, 28.53°)
OKLab	oklab(45.3% 0.1031 0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(45.3% 0.113 24)
XYZ	xyz(12.5624, 8.4995, 4.4684)
Luminance	0.0850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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
##8A3836	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3836

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

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