#8A3843#8A3843

#8A3843 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.112 H 14.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3843
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 67)
HSL	hsl(352, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(352, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 51.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.28, 35.99, 11.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.28, 37.65, 17.10°)
OKLab	oklab(45.6% 0.1085 0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(45.6% 0.112 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.9095, 8.6384, 6.2966)
Luminance	0.0864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3843 #388A7F

analogous

#8A386C #8A3843 #8A5638

triadic

#8A3843 #438A38 #38438A

tetradic

#8A3843 #6C8A38 #388A7F #56388A

square

#8A3843 #6C8A38 #388A7F #56388A

split-complementary

#8A3843 #388A56 #386C8A

monochromatic

#331519 #5E262E #8A3843 #B54A58 #C77580

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#8A3843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#8A3843 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3843

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3843	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#962C3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.112 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07277',
    500: '#8a3843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3843;
$custom-light: #b07277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.951,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45602,
    "c": 0.11211,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3843

secondary

#6EB0A7

accent

#D2C156

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EDED

border

#D0C8C8

text

#110808

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3843

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

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