#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
RGBrgb(138, 60, 56)
HSLhsl(3, 42%, 38%)
HSVhsv(3, 59%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 56.5%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LABlab(35.83, 32.95, 18.78)
CIE-LCHlch(35.83, 37.92, 29.68°)
OKLaboklab(45.95% 0.0974 0.0457)
OKLCHoklch(45.95% 0.108 25.1)
XYZxyz(12.8120, 8.9221, 4.7881)
Luminance0.0892 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##8A3C381.007.542.787.54
#FFFFFF7.541.0021.001.00
#0000002.7821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.541.0021.001.00

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

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#8A3C38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva