#8A4442#8A4442

#8A4442 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.096 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4442
RGB	rgb(138, 68, 66)
HSL	hsl(2, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(2, 52%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.7%, 52.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.72, 29.53, 15.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.72, 33.14, 26.97°)
OKLab	oklab(47.44% 0.0882 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(47.44% 0.096 23)
XYZ	xyz(13.5327, 9.9323, 6.3577)
Luminance	0.0993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4442 #42888A

analogous

#8A4264 #8A4442 #8A6842

triadic

#8A4442 #428A44 #44428A

tetradic

#8A4442 #648A42 #42888A #68428A

square

#8A4442 #648A42 #42888A #68428A

split-complementary

#8A4442 #428A68 #42648A

monochromatic

#371B1A #61302E #8A4442 #B05C59 #C48583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#8A4442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#8A4442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4442

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4442	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#963A44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 68, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.096 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07a76',
    500: '#8a4442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4442;
$custom-light: #b07a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.667,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4744,
    "c": 0.09589,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.09931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4442

secondary

#79ADAE

accent

#C8CB5C

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EDED

border

#D0C8C8

text

#110908

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4442

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

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