#8A4038#8A4038

#8A4038 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.103 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4038
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 56)
HSL	hsl(6, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(6, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.6%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.66, 30.81, 19.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.66, 36.65, 32.79°)
OKLab	oklab(46.57% 0.0908 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(46.57% 0.103 28)
XYZ	xyz(13.0295, 9.3571, 4.8606)
Luminance	0.0936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4038 #38828A

analogous

#8A3859 #8A4038 #8A6938

triadic

#8A4038 #388A40 #40388A

tetradic

#8A4038 #598A38 #38828A #69388A

square

#8A4038 #598A38 #38828A #69388A

split-complementary

#8A4038 #388A69 #38598A

monochromatic

#331815 #5E2C26 #8A4038 #B5544A #C77D75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#8A4038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#8A4038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4038

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4038	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97333E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.103 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1776e',
    500: '#8a4038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4038;
$custom-light: #b1776e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.854,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46573,
    "c": 0.10277,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.09356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4038

secondary

#6EAAB0

accent

#C6D256

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEC

border

#D0C8C7

text

#110907

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4038

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

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