#8A4946#8A4946

#8A4946 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.089 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4946
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 70)
HSL	hsl(3, 33%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(3, 49%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 49.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.92, 27.15, 14.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.92, 30.62, 27.55°)
OKLab	oklab(48.38% 0.0813 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(48.38% 0.089 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.9702, 10.6119, 7.1057)
Luminance	0.1061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4946 #46878A

analogous

#8A4665 #8A4946 #8A6B46

triadic

#8A4946 #468A49 #49468A

tetradic

#8A4946 #658A46 #46878A #6B468A

square

#8A4946 #658A46 #46878A #6B468A

split-complementary

#8A4946 #468A6B #46658A

monochromatic

#391E1D #613431 #8A4946 #AE635F #C38A88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.73

#8A4946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#8A4946 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4946

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4946	1.00	6.73	3.12	6.73
#FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#964049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.089 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7d79',
    500: '#8a4946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4946;
$custom-light: #af7d79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.647,
    "s": 32.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4838,
    "c": 0.08879,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4946

secondary

#7EACAE

accent

#C4C95F

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEED

border

#D0C9C8

text

#110A09

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4946

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

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