#8A393B#8A393B

#8A393B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.111 H 21.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A393B
RGB	rgb(138, 57, 59)
HSL	hsl(359, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(359, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 57.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.30, 34.75, 16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.30, 38.33, 24.97°)
OKLab	oklab(45.56% 0.1036 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(45.56% 0.111 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.7348, 8.6468, 5.1352)
Luminance	0.0864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A393B #398A88

analogous

#8A3963 #8A393B #8A5F39

triadic

#8A393B #3B8A39 #393B8A

tetradic

#8A393B #638A39 #398A88 #5F398A

square

#8A393B #638A39 #398A88 #5F398A

split-complementary

#8A393B #398A5F #39638A

monochromatic

#331516 #5F2728 #8A393B #B54B4E #C77779

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#8A393B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#8A393B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A393B

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A393B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A393B	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)

#4C483B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972B3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a393b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 57, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.111 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17270',
    500: '#8a393b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a393b;
$custom-light: #b17270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a393b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.519,
    "s": 41.538,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45557,
    "c": 0.11098,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A393B

secondary

#6FB0AE

accent

#D1CE56

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEC

border

#D0C8C7

text

#110807

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A393B

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

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