#8A3D39#8A3D39

#8A3D39 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.106 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3D39
RGB	rgb(138, 61, 57)
HSL	hsl(3, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(3, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.8%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.06, 32.50, 18.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.06, 37.37, 29.57°)
OKLab	oklab(46.12% 0.0962 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(46.12% 0.106 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.8896, 9.0377, 4.9358)
Luminance	0.0904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3D39 #39868A

analogous

#8A395D #8A3D39 #8A6539

triadic

#8A3D39 #398A3D #3D398A

tetradic

#8A3D39 #5D8A39 #39868A #65398A

square

#8A3D39 #5D8A39 #39868A #65398A

split-complementary

#8A3D39 #398A65 #395D8A

monochromatic

#331715 #5F2A27 #8A3D39 #B5514B #C77B77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.48

#8A3D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#8A3D39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3D39

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3D39	1.00	7.48	2.81	7.48
#FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97303C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 61, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.106 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1756f',
    500: '#8a3d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3d39;
$custom-light: #b1756f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.963,
    "s": 41.538,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46119,
    "c": 0.10621,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3D39

secondary

#6FADB0

accent

#CBD156

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEC

border

#D0C8C7

text

#110807

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3D39

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

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