#8A383A#8A383A

#8A383A is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.112 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A383A
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 58)
HSL	hsl(359, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(359, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 58%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.08, 35.18, 16.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.08, 38.87, 25.17°)
OKLab	oklab(45.39% 0.1047 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(45.39% 0.112 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.6602, 8.5387, 4.9836)
Luminance	0.0854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A383A #388A88

analogous

#8A3863 #8A383A #8A5F38

triadic

#8A383A #3A8A38 #383A8A

tetradic

#8A383A #638A38 #388A88 #5F388A

square

#8A383A #638A38 #388A88 #5F388A

split-complementary

#8A383A #388A5F #38638A

monochromatic

#331515 #5E2628 #8A383A #B54A4C #C77577

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.76

#8A383A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#8A383A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A383A

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A383A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A383A	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)

#4C483A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972A39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a383a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.112 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17270',
    500: '#8a383a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a383a;
$custom-light: #b17270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a383a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.537,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45388,
    "c": 0.11236,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A383A

secondary

#6EB0AE

accent

#D2CF56

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEC

border

#D0C8C7

text

#110807

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A383A

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

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