#8A494C#8A494C

#8A494C is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.088 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A494C
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 76)
HSL	hsl(357, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(357, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 44.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.06, 27.81, 10.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.06, 29.77, 20.91°)
OKLab	oklab(48.53% 0.0839 0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(48.53% 0.088 18)
XYZ	xyz(14.1691, 10.6915, 8.1535)
Luminance	0.1069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A494C #498A87

analogous

#8A496D #8A494C #8A6749

triadic

#8A494C #4C8A49 #494C8A

tetradic

#8A494C #6D8A49 #498A87 #67498A

square

#8A494C #6D8A49 #498A87 #67498A

split-complementary

#8A494C #498A67 #496D8A

monochromatic

#3A1F20 #623436 #8A494C #AD6367 #C28B8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.69

#8A494C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#8A494C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A494C

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A494C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A494C	1.00	6.69	3.14	6.69
#FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56544C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66614B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95414A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a494c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.088 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7d7e',
    500: '#8a494c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a494c;
$custom-light: #af7d7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a494c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.231,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48529,
    "c": 0.0882,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.1069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A494C

secondary

#81AEAC

accent

#C7C261

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEEE

border

#D0C9C9

text

#110A09

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A494C

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

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