#8A4340#8A4340

#8A4340 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.097 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4340
RGB	rgb(138, 67, 64)
HSL	hsl(2, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(2, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.4%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.46, 29.89, 15.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.46, 33.87, 28.06°)
OKLab	oklab(47.23% 0.0891 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(47.23% 0.097 24)
XYZ	xyz(13.4148, 9.7892, 6.0325)
Luminance	0.0979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4340 #40878A

analogous

#8A4062 #8A4340 #8A6840

triadic

#8A4340 #408A43 #43408A

tetradic

#8A4340 #628A40 #40878A #68408A

square

#8A4340 #628A40 #40878A #68408A

split-complementary

#8A4340 #408A68 #40628A

monochromatic

#361A19 #602F2D #8A4340 #B15A56 #C48380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#8A4340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#8A4340 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4340

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4340	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#963843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 67, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.097 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07974',
    500: '#8a4340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4340;
$custom-light: #b07974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.432,
    "s": 36.634,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4723,
    "c": 0.09749,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.09788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4340

secondary

#77ACAF

accent

#C8CD5B

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EDED

border

#D0C8C8

text

#110908

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4340

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

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