#8A383D#8A383D

#8A383D is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.112 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A383D
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 61)
HSL	hsl(356, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(356, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 55.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.14, 35.43, 14.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.14, 38.37, 22.54°)
OKLab	oklab(45.46% 0.106 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(45.46% 0.112 19)
XYZ	xyz(12.7388, 8.5701, 5.3973)
Luminance	0.0857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A383D #388A85

analogous

#8A3866 #8A383D #8A5C38

triadic

#8A383D #3D8A38 #383D8A

tetradic

#8A383D #668A38 #388A85 #5C388A

square

#8A383D #668A38 #388A85 #5C388A

split-complementary

#8A383D #388A5C #38668A

monochromatic

#331517 #5E262A #8A383D #B54A50 #C7757A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#8A383D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#8A383D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A383D

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A383D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A383D	1.00	7.74	2.71	7.74
#FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B483D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60593B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972B3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a383d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.112 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17272',
    500: '#8a383d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a383d;
$custom-light: #b17272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a383d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.341,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45456,
    "c": 0.11213,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.08569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A383D

secondary

#6EB0AC

accent

#D2CA56

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEC

border

#D0C8C7

text

#110808

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A383D

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

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