#8A393D#8A393D

#8A393D is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.111 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A393D
RGB	rgb(138, 57, 61)
HSL	hsl(357, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(357, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 55.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.34, 34.92, 14.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.34, 38.00, 23.20°)
OKLab	oklab(45.6% 0.1044 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(45.6% 0.111 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.7877, 8.6680, 5.4137)
Luminance	0.0867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A393D #398A86

analogous

#8A3965 #8A393D #8A5D39

triadic

#8A393D #3D8A39 #393D8A

tetradic

#8A393D #658A39 #398A86 #5D398A

square

#8A393D #658A39 #398A86 #5D398A

split-complementary

#8A393D #398A5D #39658A

monochromatic

#331517 #5F272A #8A393D #B54B51 #C7777B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#8A393D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#8A393D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A393D

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A393D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A393D	1.00	7.68	2.73	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C493D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60593B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972C3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a393d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 57, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.111 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17372',
    500: '#8a393d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a393d;
$custom-light: #b17372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a393d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.037,
    "s": 41.538,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45602,
    "c": 0.11083,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A393D

secondary

#6FB0AD

accent

#D1CB56

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEC

border

#D0C8C7

text

#110808

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A393D

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

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