#8A4957#8A4957

#8A4957 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.089 H 7.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8A4957
RGBrgb(138, 73, 87)
HSLhsl(347, 31%, 41%)
HSVhsv(347, 47%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 47.1%, 37%, 45.9%)
CIE-LABlab(39.34, 29.15, 4.16)
CIE-LCHlch(39.34, 29.45, 8.12°)
OKLaboklab(48.84% 0.0885 0.0111)
OKLCHoklch(48.84% 0.089 7.2)
XYZxyz(14.5848, 10.8578, 10.3426)
Luminance0.1086 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8A4957 #498A7C
analogous
#8A4978 #8A4957 #8A5C49
triadic
#8A4957 #578A49 #49578A
tetradic
#8A4957 #788A49 #498A7C #5C498A
square
#8A4957 #788A49 #498A7C #5C498A
split-complementary
#8A4957 #498A5C #49788A
monochromatic
#3A1F25 #62343E #8A4957 #AD6373 #C28B97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62
#8A4957 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17
#8A4957 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4957
6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8A4957#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8A49571.006.623.176.62
#FFFFFF6.621.0021.001.00
#0000003.1721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.621.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#545557
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#656156
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#94434E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8a4957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.089 7.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7d86',
    500: '#8a4957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8a4957;
$custom-light: #ae7d86;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8a4957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.077,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48838,
    "c": 0.08916,
    "h": 7.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8A4957
secondary
#81AEA4
accent
#C7B161
background
#FBF7F8
surface
#F6EEEF
border
#D0C9CA
text
#110A0B
muted
#807C7C

Preview Lab

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#8A4957 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva