#8A4539#8A4539

#8A4539 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.097 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4539
RGB	rgb(138, 69, 57)
HSL	hsl(9, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(9, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.76, 28.16, 20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.76, 34.92, 36.26°)
OKLab	oklab(47.42% 0.0827 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(47.42% 0.097 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.3489, 9.9564, 5.0889)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4539 #397E8A

analogous

#8A3955 #8A4539 #8A6D39

triadic

#8A4539 #398A45 #45398A

tetradic

#8A4539 #558A39 #397E8A #6D398A

square

#8A4539 #558A39 #397E8A #6D398A

split-complementary

#8A4539 #398A6D #39558A

monochromatic

#331A15 #5F2F27 #8A4539 #B55B4B #C78377

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#8A4539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#8A4539 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4539

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4539	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#963942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 69, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.097 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07a6f',
    500: '#8a4539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4539;
$custom-light: #b07a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.889,
    "s": 41.538,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47416,
    "c": 0.09669,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4539

secondary

#6FA6B0

accent

#BFD156

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EEEC

border

#D0C9C7

text

#110907

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4539

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

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