#8A4F40#8A4F40

#8A4F40 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.083 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4F40
RGB	rgb(138, 79, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(12, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.8%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.19, 23.13, 19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.19, 30.28, 40.20°)
OKLab	oklab(49.31% 0.0682 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(49.31% 0.083 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.2036, 11.3668, 6.2955)
Luminance	0.1137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4F40 #407B8A

analogous

#8A4056 #8A4F40 #8A7440

triadic

#8A4F40 #408A4F #4F408A

tetradic

#8A4F40 #568A40 #407B8A #74408A

square

#8A4F40 #568A40 #407B8A #74408A

split-complementary

#8A4F40 #408A74 #40568A

monochromatic

#361F19 #60372D #8A4F40 #B16956 #C48E80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#8A4F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#8A4F40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4F40

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4F40	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D573F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C643F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96464B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 79, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.083 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8175',
    500: '#8a4f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4f40;
$custom-light: #af8175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.162,
    "s": 36.634,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49314,
    "c": 0.08345,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4F40

secondary

#77A3AF

accent

#B6CD5B

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEED

border

#D0C9C8

text

#110A08

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4F40

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →