#8A3D37#8A3D37

#8A3D37 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.107 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3D37
RGB	rgb(138, 61, 55)
HSL	hsl(4, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(4, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.8%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.02, 32.34, 19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.02, 37.83, 31.27°)
OKLab	oklab(46.08% 0.0954 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(46.08% 0.107 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.8406, 9.0181, 4.6782)
Luminance	0.0902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3D37 #37848A

analogous

#8A375B #8A3D37 #8A6637

triadic

#8A3D37 #378A3D #3D378A

tetradic

#8A3D37 #5B8A37 #37848A #66378A

square

#8A3D37 #5B8A37 #37848A #66378A

split-complementary

#8A3D37 #378A66 #375B8A

monochromatic

#321614 #5E2A26 #8A3D37 #B65048 #C87A74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.49

#8A3D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#8A3D37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3D37

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3D37	1.00	7.49	2.80	7.49
#FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97303C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 61, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.107 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1756e',
    500: '#8a3d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3d37;
$custom-light: #b1756e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.337,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46079,
    "c": 0.10658,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3D37

secondary

#6DABB0

accent

#CAD355

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEB

border

#D0C8C6

text

#110807

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3D37

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

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