#8A4E40#8A4E40

#8A4E40 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.084 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4E40
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(11, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.95, 23.70, 19.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.95, 30.52, 39.06°)
OKLab	oklab(49.13% 0.07 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(49.13% 0.084 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.1320, 11.2236, 6.2716)
Luminance	0.1122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4E40 #407C8A

analogous

#8A4057 #8A4E40 #8A7340

triadic

#8A4E40 #408A4E #4E408A

tetradic

#8A4E40 #578A40 #407C8A #73408A

square

#8A4E40 #578A40 #407C8A #73408A

split-complementary

#8A4E40 #408A73 #40578A

monochromatic

#361F19 #60362D #8A4E40 #B16756 #C48D80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#8A4E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#8A4E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4E40

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4E40	1.00	6.47	3.24	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D563F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B633F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96444B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.084 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8075',
    500: '#8a4e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4e40;
$custom-light: #af8075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.351,
    "s": 36.634,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49132,
    "c": 0.08449,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4E40

secondary

#77A4AF

accent

#B7CD5B

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEED

border

#D0C9C8

text

#110A08

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4E40

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

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