#8A494F#8A494F

#8A494F is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.088 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A494F
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 79)
HSL	hsl(354, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(354, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 42.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.13, 28.16, 8.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.13, 29.52, 17.46°)
OKLab	oklab(48.61% 0.0852 0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(48.61% 0.088 15)
XYZ	xyz(14.2758, 10.7342, 8.7157)
Luminance	0.1073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A494F #498A84

analogous

#8A4970 #8A494F #8A6449

triadic

#8A494F #4F8A49 #494F8A

tetradic

#8A494F #708A49 #498A84 #64498A

square

#8A494F #708A49 #498A84 #64498A

split-complementary

#8A494F #498A64 #49708A

monochromatic

#3A1F21 #623438 #8A494F #AD636A #C28B91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.67

#8A494F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#8A494F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A494F

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A494F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A494F	1.00	6.67	3.15	6.67
#FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56544F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66614E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95414B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a494f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.088 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7d80',
    500: '#8a494f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a494f;
$custom-light: #af7d80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a494f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.462,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48609,
    "c": 0.08818,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.10733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A494F

secondary

#81AEAA

accent

#C7BE61

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEEE

border

#D0C9C9

text

#110A0A

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A494F

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

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