#8A4E42#8A4E42

#8A4E42 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.084 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4E42
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(10, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(10, 52%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 52.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.99, 23.90, 18.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.99, 29.96, 37.09°)
OKLab	oklab(49.17% 0.0709 0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(49.17% 0.084 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.1899, 11.2468, 6.5767)
Luminance	0.1124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4E42 #427E8A

analogous

#8A425A #8A4E42 #8A7242

triadic

#8A4E42 #428A4E #4E428A

tetradic

#8A4E42 #5A8A42 #427E8A #72428A

square

#8A4E42 #5A8A42 #427E8A #72428A

split-complementary

#8A4E42 #428A72 #425A8A

monochromatic

#371F1A #61372E #8A4E42 #B06859 #C48E83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#8A4E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#8A4E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4E42

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4E42	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96454B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.084 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8076',
    500: '#8a4e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4e42;
$custom-light: #af8076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49174,
    "c": 0.08378,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4E42

secondary

#79A6AE

accent

#B9CB5C

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEED

border

#D0C9C8

text

#110A08

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4E42

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

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