#8A4039#8A4039

#8A4039 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.103 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4039
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 57)
HSL	hsl(5, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(5, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.6%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.68, 30.90, 19.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.68, 36.41, 31.93°)
OKLab	oklab(46.59% 0.0912 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(46.59% 0.103 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.0542, 9.3670, 4.9907)
Luminance	0.0936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4039 #39838A

analogous

#8A395A #8A4039 #8A6839

triadic

#8A4039 #398A40 #40398A

tetradic

#8A4039 #5A8A39 #39838A #68398A

square

#8A4039 #5A8A39 #39838A #68398A

split-complementary

#8A4039 #398A68 #395A8A

monochromatic

#331815 #5F2C27 #8A4039 #B5544B #C77E77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#8A4039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#8A4039 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4039

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4039	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)

#524D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97343F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.103 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1776f',
    500: '#8a4039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4039;
$custom-light: #b1776f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.185,
    "s": 41.538,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46593,
    "c": 0.10254,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4039

secondary

#6FAAB0

accent

#C7D156

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEC

border

#D0C8C7

text

#110907

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4039

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

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