#8A3841#8A3841

#8A3841 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.112 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3841
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 65)
HSL	hsl(353, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(353, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 52.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.23, 35.80, 12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.23, 37.85, 18.94°)
OKLab	oklab(45.55% 0.1077 0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(45.55% 0.112 16)
XYZ	xyz(12.8505, 8.6148, 5.9861)
Luminance	0.0861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3841 #388A81

analogous

#8A386A #8A3841 #8A5838

triadic

#8A3841 #418A38 #38418A

tetradic

#8A3841 #6A8A38 #388A81 #58388A

square

#8A3841 #6A8A38 #388A81 #58388A

split-complementary

#8A3841 #388A58 #386A8A

monochromatic

#331518 #5E262C #8A3841 #B54A56 #C7757E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.71

#8A3841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#8A3841 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3841

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3841	1.00	7.71	2.72	7.71
#FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F593F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#962C3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.112 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07275',
    500: '#8a3841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3841;
$custom-light: #b07275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.415,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45552,
    "c": 0.11206,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.08613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3841

secondary

#6EB0A9

accent

#D2C456

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EDED

border

#D0C8C8

text

#110808

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3841

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

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