#8A3E37#8A3E37

#8A3E37 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.105 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3E37
RGB	rgb(138, 62, 55)
HSL	hsl(5, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(5, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.23, 31.81, 19.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.23, 37.52, 32.04°)
OKLab	oklab(46.24% 0.0937 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(46.24% 0.105 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.8945, 9.1259, 4.6961)
Luminance	0.0912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3E37 #37838A

analogous

#8A375A #8A3E37 #8A6737

triadic

#8A3E37 #378A3E #3E378A

tetradic

#8A3E37 #5A8A37 #37838A #67378A

square

#8A3E37 #5A8A37 #37838A #67378A

split-complementary

#8A3E37 #378A67 #375A8A

monochromatic

#321714 #5E2A26 #8A3E37 #B65248 #C87B74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#8A3E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#8A3E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3E37

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3E37	1.00	7.43	2.82	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97313D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 62, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.105 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1766e',
    500: '#8a3e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3e37;
$custom-light: #b1766e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.06,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46235,
    "c": 0.10538,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3E37

secondary

#6DABB0

accent

#C8D355

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEB

border

#D0C8C6

text

#110807

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3E37

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

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