#8A494A#8A494A

#8A494A is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.088 H 19.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A494A
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 74)
HSL	hsl(359, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(359, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 46.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.01, 27.58, 11.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.01, 30.00, 23.17°)
OKLab	oklab(48.48% 0.083 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(48.48% 0.088 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.1007, 10.6641, 7.7930)
Luminance	0.1066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A494A #498A89

analogous

#8A496B #8A494A #8A6949

triadic

#8A494A #4A8A49 #494A8A

tetradic

#8A494A #6B8A49 #498A89 #69498A

square

#8A494A #6B8A49 #498A89 #69498A

split-complementary

#8A494A #498A69 #496B8A

monochromatic

#3A1F1F #623435 #8A494A #AD6365 #C28B8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#8A494A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#8A494A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A494A

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A494A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A494A	1.00	6.70	3.13	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57544A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95414A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a494a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.088 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7d7c',
    500: '#8a494a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a494a;
$custom-light: #af7d7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a494a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.077,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48478,
    "c": 0.0883,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A494A

secondary

#81AEAD

accent

#C7C561

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEEE

border

#D0C9C9

text

#110A09

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A494A

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

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