#8A3E38#8A3E38

#8A3E38 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.105 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3E38
RGB	rgb(138, 62, 56)
HSL	hsl(4, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(4, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.24, 31.89, 19.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.24, 37.28, 31.20°)
OKLab	oklab(46.26% 0.0941 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(46.26% 0.105 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.9187, 9.1356, 4.8236)
Luminance	0.0913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3E38 #38848A

analogous

#8A385B #8A3E38 #8A6738

triadic

#8A3E38 #388A3E #3E388A

tetradic

#8A3E38 #5B8A38 #38848A #67388A

square

#8A3E38 #5B8A38 #38848A #67388A

split-complementary

#8A3E38 #388A67 #385B8A

monochromatic

#331715 #5E2A26 #8A3E38 #B5524A #C77B75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#8A3E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#8A3E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3E38

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3E38	1.00	7.43	2.83	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514B37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97313D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 62, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.105 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1766e',
    500: '#8a3e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3e38;
$custom-light: #b1766e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.39,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46255,
    "c": 0.10517,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3E38

secondary

#6EABB0

accent

#C9D256

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEC

border

#D0C8C7

text

#110807

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3E38

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

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