#8A4136#8A4136

#8A4136 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.102 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4136
RGB	rgb(138, 65, 54)
HSL	hsl(8, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(8, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.84, 30.11, 21.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.84, 36.89, 35.29°)
OKLab	oklab(46.7% 0.0882 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(46.7% 0.102 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.0385, 9.4517, 4.6271)
Luminance	0.0945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4136 #367F8A

analogous

#8A3655 #8A4136 #8A6B36

triadic

#8A4136 #368A41 #41368A

tetradic

#8A4136 #558A36 #367F8A #6B368A

square

#8A4136 #558A36 #367F8A #6B368A

split-complementary

#8A4136 #368A6B #36558A

monochromatic

#321814 #5E2C25 #8A4136 #B65647 #C87E72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#8A4136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#8A4136 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4136

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4136	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)

#534D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97343F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 65, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.102 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1776d',
    500: '#8a4136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4136;
$custom-light: #b1776d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.857,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46696,
    "c": 0.1021,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4136

secondary

#6BA7B1

accent

#C3D354

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EDEB

border

#D0C8C6

text

#110907

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4136

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

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