#8A4D49#8A4D49

#8A4D49 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.083 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4D49
RGB	rgb(138, 77, 73)
HSL	hsl(4, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(4, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 47.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.90, 25.20, 13.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.90, 28.66, 28.45°)
OKLab	oklab(49.15% 0.0756 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(49.15% 0.083 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.3385, 11.1934, 7.7074)
Luminance	0.1119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4D49 #49868A

analogous

#8A4966 #8A4D49 #8A6E49

triadic

#8A4D49 #498A4D #4D498A

tetradic

#8A4D49 #668A49 #49868A #6E498A

square

#8A4D49 #668A49 #49868A #6E498A

split-complementary

#8A4D49 #498A6E #49668A

monochromatic

#3A201F #623734 #8A4D49 #AD6863 #C28F8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.48

#8A4D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#8A4D49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4D49

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4D49	1.00	6.48	3.24	6.48
#FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95454C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 77, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.083 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af807b',
    500: '#8a4d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4d49;
$custom-light: #af807b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.692,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49154,
    "c": 0.08313,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4D49

secondary

#81ABAE

accent

#C1C761

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEEE

border

#D0C9C9

text

#110A09

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4D49

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

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