#8A4A42#8A4A42

#8A4A42 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.088 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4A42
RGB	rgb(138, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(7, 52%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.4%, 52.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.06, 26.18, 16.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.06, 31.12, 32.74°)
OKLab	oklab(48.46% 0.0779 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(48.46% 0.088 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.9143, 10.6956, 6.4849)
Luminance	0.1069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4A42 #42828A

analogous

#8A425E #8A4A42 #8A6E42

triadic

#8A4A42 #428A4A #4A428A

tetradic

#8A4A42 #5E8A42 #42828A #6E428A

square

#8A4A42 #5E8A42 #42828A #6E428A

split-complementary

#8A4A42 #428A6E #425E8A

monochromatic

#371E1A #61342E #8A4A42 #B06359 #C48A83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.69

#8A4A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#8A4A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4A42

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4A42	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)

#595441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#964048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.088 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7e76',
    500: '#8a4a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4a42;
$custom-light: #af7e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48463,
    "c": 0.08838,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4A42

secondary

#79A8AE

accent

#BFCB5C

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEED

border

#D0C9C8

text

#110A08

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4A42

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

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