#8A4840#8A4840

#8A4840 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.091 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4840
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 64)
HSL	hsl(6, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(6, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.8%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.57, 27.11, 17.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.57, 32.22, 32.70°)
OKLab	oklab(48.07% 0.0805 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(48.07% 0.091 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.7250, 10.4096, 6.1359)
Luminance	0.1041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4840 #40828A

analogous

#8A405D #8A4840 #8A6D40

triadic

#8A4840 #408A48 #48408A

tetradic

#8A4840 #5D8A40 #40828A #6D408A

square

#8A4840 #5D8A40 #40828A #6D408A

split-complementary

#8A4840 #408A6D #405D8A

monochromatic

#361C19 #60322D #8A4840 #B16056 #C48880

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.81

#8A4840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#8A4840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4840

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4840	1.00	6.81	3.08	6.81
#FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57523F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68603F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#963E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.091 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07c74',
    500: '#8a4840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4840;
$custom-light: #b07c74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.486,
    "s": 36.634,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48072,
    "c": 0.09127,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4840

secondary

#77A9AF

accent

#C0CD5B

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEED

border

#D0C9C8

text

#110908

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4840

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

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