#8A3C38#8A3C38

#8A3C38 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.108 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3C38
RGB	rgb(138, 60, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(3, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.83, 32.95, 18.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.83, 37.92, 29.68°)
OKLab	oklab(45.95% 0.0974 0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(45.95% 0.108 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.8120, 8.9221, 4.7881)
Luminance	0.0892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3C38 #38868A

analogous

#8A385D #8A3C38 #8A6538

triadic

#8A3C38 #388A3C #3C388A

tetradic

#8A3C38 #5D8A38 #38868A #65388A

square

#8A3C38 #5D8A38 #38868A #65388A

split-complementary

#8A3C38 #388A65 #385D8A

monochromatic

#331615 #5E2926 #8A3C38 #B54F4A #C77975

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#8A3C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#8A3C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3C38

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3C38	1.00	7.54	2.78	7.54
#FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 60, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.108 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1746e',
    500: '#8a3c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3c38;
$custom-light: #b1746e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.927,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45945,
    "c": 0.10761,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3C38

secondary

#6EADB0

accent

#CCD256

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEC

border

#D0C8C7

text

#110807

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3C38

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

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