#8A383B#8A383B

#8A383B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.112 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A383B
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 59)
HSL	hsl(358, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(358, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 57.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.10, 35.26, 15.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.10, 38.69, 24.30°)
OKLab	oklab(45.41% 0.1052 0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(45.41% 0.112 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.6859, 8.5489, 5.1189)
Luminance	0.0855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A383B #388A87

analogous

#8A3864 #8A383B #8A5E38

triadic

#8A383B #3B8A38 #383B8A

tetradic

#8A383B #648A38 #388A87 #5E388A

square

#8A383B #648A38 #388A87 #5E388A

split-complementary

#8A383B #388A5E #38648A

monochromatic

#331516 #5E2628 #8A383B #B54A4E #C77578

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#8A383B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#8A383B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A383B

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A383B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A383B	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C483B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972A3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a383b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.112 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17270',
    500: '#8a383b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a383b;
$custom-light: #b17270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a383b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.805,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45411,
    "c": 0.11226,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A383B

secondary

#6EB0AE

accent

#D2CE56

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEC

border

#D0C8C7

text

#110807

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A383B

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

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