#8A3F31#8A3F31

#8A3F31 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.106 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3F31
RGB	rgb(138, 63, 49)
HSL	hsl(9, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(9, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.33, 30.81, 23.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.33, 38.89, 37.60°)
OKLab	oklab(46.28% 0.0895 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(46.28% 0.106 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.8142, 9.1816, 4.0025)
Luminance	0.0918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3F31 #317C8A

analogous

#8A3150 #8A3F31 #8A6C31

triadic

#8A3F31 #318A3F #3F318A

tetradic

#8A3F31 #508A31 #317C8A #6C318A

square

#8A3F31 #508A31 #317C8A #6C318A

split-complementary

#8A3F31 #318A6C #31508A

monochromatic

#301611 #5D2A21 #8A3F31 #B75441 #CA7A6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#8A3F31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#8A3F31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3F31

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3F31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3F31	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524B2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97313C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3f31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 63, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.106 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17669',
    500: '#8a3f31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3f31;
$custom-light: #b17669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3f31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.438,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46282,
    "c": 0.10576,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3F31

secondary

#65A6B2

accent

#C2D751

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEB

border

#D0C8C6

text

#120806

muted

#817B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3F31

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

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