#8A4036#8A4036

#8A4036 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.103 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4036
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 54)
HSL	hsl(7, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(7, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.6%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.63, 30.65, 21.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.63, 37.18, 34.46°)
OKLab	oklab(46.53% 0.0899 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(46.53% 0.103 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.9816, 9.3379, 4.6081)
Luminance	0.0934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4036 #36808A

analogous

#8A3656 #8A4036 #8A6A36

triadic

#8A4036 #368A40 #40368A

tetradic

#8A4036 #568A36 #36808A #6A368A

square

#8A4036 #568A36 #36808A #6A368A

split-complementary

#8A4036 #368A6A #36568A

monochromatic

#321714 #5E2C25 #8A4036 #B65447 #C87D72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.32

#8A4036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#8A4036 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4036

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4036	1.00	7.32	2.87	7.32
#FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97333E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.103 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1776d',
    500: '#8a4036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4036;
$custom-light: #b1776d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.143,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46534,
    "c": 0.10326,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4036

secondary

#6BA8B1

accent

#C4D354

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEB

border

#D0C8C6

text

#110907

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4036

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

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