#8A3839#8A3839

#8A3839 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.112 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3839
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 57)
HSL	hsl(359, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(359, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.06, 35.09, 17.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.06, 39.05, 26.02°)
OKLab	oklab(45.37% 0.1043 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(45.37% 0.112 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.6350, 8.5286, 4.8509)
Luminance	0.0853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3839 #388A89

analogous

#8A3862 #8A3839 #8A6038

triadic

#8A3839 #398A38 #38398A

tetradic

#8A3839 #628A38 #388A89 #60388A

square

#8A3839 #628A38 #388A89 #60388A

split-complementary

#8A3839 #388A60 #38628A

monochromatic

#331515 #5E2627 #8A3839 #B54A4B #C77576

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.76

#8A3839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#8A3839 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3839

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3839	1.00	7.76	2.71	7.76
#FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972A39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.112 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1726f',
    500: '#8a3839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3839;
$custom-light: #b1726f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.268,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45367,
    "c": 0.11245,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3839

secondary

#6EB0AF

accent

#D2D156

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEC

border

#D0C8C7

text

#110807

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3839

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

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