#8A3E39#8A3E39

#8A3E39 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.105 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3E39
RGB	rgb(138, 62, 57)
HSL	hsl(4, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(4, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.26, 31.97, 18.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.26, 37.04, 30.34°)
OKLab	oklab(46.28% 0.0945 0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(46.28% 0.105 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.9434, 9.1455, 4.9537)
Luminance	0.0914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3E39 #39858A

analogous

#8A395C #8A3E39 #8A6639

triadic

#8A3E39 #398A3E #3E398A

tetradic

#8A3E39 #5C8A39 #39858A #66398A

square

#8A3E39 #5C8A39 #39858A #66398A

split-complementary

#8A3E39 #398A66 #395C8A

monochromatic

#331715 #5F2B27 #8A3E39 #B5524B #C77C77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42

#8A3E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#8A3E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3E39

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3E39	1.00	7.42	2.83	7.42
#FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97313D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 62, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.105 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1766f',
    500: '#8a3e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3e39;
$custom-light: #b1766f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.704,
    "s": 41.538,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46275,
    "c": 0.10498,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3E39

secondary

#6FACB0

accent

#CAD156

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEC

border

#D0C8C7

text

#110807

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3E39

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

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