#8A3C36#8A3C36

#8A3C36 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.108 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3C36
RGB	rgb(138, 60, 54)
HSL	hsl(4, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(4, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.80, 32.79, 19.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.80, 38.39, 31.35°)
OKLab	oklab(45.9% 0.0966 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(45.9% 0.108 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.7640, 8.9029, 4.5356)
Luminance	0.0890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3C36 #36848A

analogous

#8A365A #8A3C36 #8A6636

triadic

#8A3C36 #368A3C #3C368A

tetradic

#8A3C36 #5A8A36 #36848A #66368A

square

#8A3C36 #5A8A36 #36848A #66368A

split-complementary

#8A3C36 #368A66 #365A8A

monochromatic

#321614 #5E2925 #8A3C36 #B64F47 #C87972

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.55

#8A3C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#8A3C36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3C36

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3C36	1.00	7.55	2.78	7.55
#FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972E3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 60, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.108 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1746d',
    500: '#8a3c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3c36;
$custom-light: #b1746d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45904,
    "c": 0.10798,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3C36

secondary

#6BACB1

accent

#CAD354

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEB

border

#D0C8C6

text

#110807

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3C36

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

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