#8A3A38#8A3A38

#8A3A38 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.110 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3A38
RGB	rgb(138, 58, 56)
HSL	hsl(1, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(1, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.43, 33.99, 18.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.43, 38.58, 28.24°)
OKLab	oklab(45.64% 0.1007 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(45.64% 0.11 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.7092, 8.7165, 4.7538)
Luminance	0.0872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3A38 #38888A

analogous

#8A385F #8A3A38 #8A6338

triadic

#8A3A38 #388A3A #3A388A

tetradic

#8A3A38 #5F8A38 #38888A #63388A

square

#8A3A38 #5F8A38 #38888A #63388A

split-complementary

#8A3A38 #388A63 #385F8A

monochromatic

#331515 #5E2826 #8A3A38 #B54C4A #C77775

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.66

#8A3A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#8A3A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3A38

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3A38	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)

#4D4937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972C3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 58, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.110 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1736e',
    500: '#8a3a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3a38;
$custom-light: #b1736e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.463,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45641,
    "c": 0.11008,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3A38

secondary

#6EAEB0

accent

#CFD256

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEC

border

#D0C8C7

text

#110807

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3A38

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

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