#8A4041#8A4041

#8A4041 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.101 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4041
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 65)
HSL	hsl(359, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(359, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.6%, 52.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.84, 31.61, 14.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.84, 34.77, 24.60°)
OKLab	oklab(46.77% 0.0946 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(46.77% 0.101 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.2697, 9.4532, 6.1258)
Luminance	0.0945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4041 #408A89

analogous

#8A4066 #8A4041 #8A6440

triadic

#8A4041 #418A40 #40418A

tetradic

#8A4041 #668A40 #408A89 #64408A

square

#8A4041 #668A40 #408A89 #64408A

split-complementary

#8A4041 #408A64 #40668A

monochromatic

#36191A #602D2D #8A4041 #B15658 #C48081

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#8A4041 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#8A4041 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4041

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4041	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4041	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514D41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#963541

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4041;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.101 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07775',
    500: '#8a4041',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4041;
$custom-light: #b07775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4041",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.189,
    "s": 36.634,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46767,
    "c": 0.10128,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4041

secondary

#77AFAE

accent

#CDCB5B

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EDED

border

#D0C8C8

text

#110908

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4041

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

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