#8A393E#8A393E

#8A393E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.111 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A393E
RGB	rgb(138, 57, 62)
HSL	hsl(356, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(356, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 55.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.36, 35.01, 14.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.36, 37.85, 22.31°)
OKLab	oklab(45.63% 0.1048 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(45.63% 0.111 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.8149, 8.6789, 5.5568)
Luminance	0.0868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A393E #398A85

analogous

#8A3966 #8A393E #8A5C39

triadic

#8A393E #3E8A39 #393E8A

tetradic

#8A393E #668A39 #398A85 #5C398A

square

#8A393E #668A39 #398A85 #5C398A

split-complementary

#8A393E #398A5C #39668A

monochromatic

#331517 #5F272B #8A393E #B54B52 #C7777C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#8A393E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#8A393E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A393E

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A393E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A393E	1.00	7.68	2.74	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C493E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60593C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972C3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a393e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 57, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.111 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17373',
    500: '#8a393e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a393e;
$custom-light: #b17373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a393e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.296,
    "s": 41.538,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45625,
    "c": 0.11077,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A393E

secondary

#6FB0AC

accent

#D1CA56

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEC

border

#D0C8C7

text

#110808

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A393E

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

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