#8A424A#8A424A

#8A424A is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.098 H 14.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A424A
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 74)
HSL	hsl(353, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(353, 52%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 46.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.47, 31.46, 9.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.47, 32.91, 17.09°)
OKLab	oklab(47.31% 0.095 0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(47.31% 0.098 14.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.6664, 9.7955, 7.6482)
Luminance	0.0979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A424A #428A82

analogous

#8A426E #8A424A #8A5E42

triadic

#8A424A #4A8A42 #424A8A

tetradic

#8A424A #6E8A42 #428A82 #5E428A

square

#8A424A #6E8A42 #428A82 #5E428A

split-complementary

#8A424A #428A5E #426E8A

monochromatic

#371A1E #612E34 #8A424A #B05963 #C4838A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#8A424A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#8A424A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A424A

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A424A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A424A	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514F4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635E48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#953945

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a424a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.098 14.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af787c',
    500: '#8a424a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a424a;
$custom-light: #af787c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a424a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47312,
    "c": 0.09823,
    "h": 14.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A424A

secondary

#79AEA8

accent

#CBBF5C

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EDEE

border

#D0C8C9

text

#110909

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A424A

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

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