#8A494E#8A494E

#8A494E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.088 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A494E
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 78)
HSL	hsl(355, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(355, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 43.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.10, 28.04, 9.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.10, 29.59, 18.62°)
OKLab	oklab(48.58% 0.0847 0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(48.58% 0.088 16)
XYZ	xyz(14.2397, 10.7198, 8.5254)
Luminance	0.1072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A494E #498A85

analogous

#8A496F #8A494E #8A6549

triadic

#8A494E #4E8A49 #494E8A

tetradic

#8A494E #6F8A49 #498A85 #65498A

square

#8A494E #6F8A49 #498A85 #65498A

split-complementary

#8A494E #498A65 #496F8A

monochromatic

#3A1F21 #623437 #8A494E #AD6369 #C28B90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#8A494E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#8A494E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A494E

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A494E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A494E	1.00	6.68	3.14	6.68
#FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56544E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66614D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95414B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a494e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.088 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7d7f',
    500: '#8a494e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a494e;
$custom-light: #af7d7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a494e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.385,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48582,
    "c": 0.08816,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.10718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A494E

secondary

#81AEAA

accent

#C7BF61

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEEE

border

#D0C9C9

text

#110A0A

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A494E

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

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