#8A3A37#8A3A37

#8A3A37 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.110 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3A37
RGB	rgb(138, 58, 55)
HSL	hsl(2, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(2, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.41, 33.91, 18.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.41, 38.80, 29.08°)
OKLab	oklab(45.62% 0.1003 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(45.62% 0.11 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.6850, 8.7068, 4.6263)
Luminance	0.0871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3A37 #37878A

analogous

#8A375D #8A3A37 #8A6437

triadic

#8A3A37 #378A3A #3A378A

tetradic

#8A3A37 #5D8A37 #37878A #64378A

square

#8A3A37 #5D8A37 #37878A #64378A

split-complementary

#8A3A37 #378A64 #375D8A

monochromatic

#321514 #5E2826 #8A3A37 #B64C48 #C87774

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.66

#8A3A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#8A3A37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3A37

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3A37	1.00	7.66	2.74	7.66
#FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972C3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 58, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.110 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1736d',
    500: '#8a3a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3a37;
$custom-light: #b1736d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.169,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45621,
    "c": 0.11023,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3A37

secondary

#6DAEB0

accent

#CED355

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEB

border

#D0C8C6

text

#110807

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3A37

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

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