#8A424B#8A424B

#8A424B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.098 H 13.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A424B
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 75)
HSL	hsl(353, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(353, 52%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 45.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.50, 31.57, 9.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.50, 32.85, 16.04°)
OKLab	oklab(47.34% 0.0955 0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(47.34% 0.098 13.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.7003, 9.8091, 7.8271)
Luminance	0.0981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A424B #428A81

analogous

#8A426F #8A424B #8A5D42

triadic

#8A424B #4B8A42 #424B8A

tetradic

#8A424B #6F8A42 #428A81 #5D428A

square

#8A424B #6F8A42 #428A81 #5D428A

split-complementary

#8A424B #428A5D #426F8A

monochromatic

#371A1E #612E35 #8A424B #B05964 #C4838B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#8A424B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#8A424B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A424B

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A424B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A424B	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514F4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635E49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#953945

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a424b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.098 13.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af787d',
    500: '#8a424b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a424b;
$custom-light: #af787d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a424b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47339,
    "c": 0.09828,
    "h": 13.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A424B

secondary

#79AEA8

accent

#CBBD5C

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EDEE

border

#D0C8C9

text

#110909

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A424B

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

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