#8A4037#8A4037

#8A4037 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.103 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4037
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 55)
HSL	hsl(7, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(7, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.6%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.64, 30.73, 20.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.64, 36.91, 33.63°)
OKLab	oklab(46.55% 0.0904 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(46.55% 0.103 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.0053, 9.3474, 4.7330)
Luminance	0.0935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4037 #37818A

analogous

#8A3757 #8A4037 #8A6937

triadic

#8A4037 #378A40 #40378A

tetradic

#8A4037 #578A37 #37818A #69378A

square

#8A4037 #578A37 #37818A #69378A

split-complementary

#8A4037 #378A69 #37578A

monochromatic

#321714 #5E2C26 #8A4037 #B65448 #C87D74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.32

#8A4037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#8A4037 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4037

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4037	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)

#524C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97333E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.103 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1776e',
    500: '#8a4037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4037;
$custom-light: #b1776e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.506,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46553,
    "c": 0.10301,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4037

secondary

#6DA9B0

accent

#C5D355

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEB

border

#D0C8C6

text

#110907

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4037

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

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