#8A4D57#8A4D57

#8A4D57 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.083 H 10.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4D57
RGB	rgb(138, 77, 87)
HSL	hsl(350, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(350, 44%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 37%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.25, 26.89, 5.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.25, 27.44, 11.47°)
OKLab	oklab(49.53% 0.0816 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(49.53% 0.083 10)
XYZ	xyz(14.8561, 11.4004, 10.4330)
Luminance	0.1140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4D57 #4D8A80

analogous

#8A4D76 #8A4D57 #8A624D

triadic

#8A4D57 #578A4D #4D578A

tetradic

#8A4D57 #768A4D #4D8A80 #624D8A

square

#8A4D57 #768A4D #4D8A80 #624D8A

split-complementary

#8A4D57 #4D8A62 #4D768A

monochromatic

#3B2125 #63373E #8A4D57 #AB6974 #C19098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#8A4D57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#8A4D57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4D57

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4D57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4D57	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#944751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4d57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 77, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.083 10.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8086',
    500: '#8a4d57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4d57;
$custom-light: #ae8086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4d57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.164,
    "s": 28.372,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49527,
    "c": 0.08282,
    "h": 10
  },
  "luminance": 0.11399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4D57

secondary

#85AEA7

accent

#C5B563

background

#FAF7F8

surface

#F5EEEF

border

#CFC9CA

text

#110A0B

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4D57

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

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