#8A4E49#8A4E49

#8A4E49 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.082 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4E49
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 73)
HSL	hsl(5, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(5, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 47.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.14, 24.63, 13.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.14, 28.32, 29.57°)
OKLab	oklab(49.33% 0.0739 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(49.33% 0.082 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.4091, 11.3344, 7.7309)
Luminance	0.1133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4E49 #49858A

analogous

#8A4965 #8A4E49 #8A6F49

triadic

#8A4E49 #498A4E #4E498A

tetradic

#8A4E49 #658A49 #49858A #6F498A

square

#8A4E49 #658A49 #49858A #6F498A

split-complementary

#8A4E49 #498A6F #49658A

monochromatic

#3A211F #623734 #8A4E49 #AD6963 #C2908B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#8A4E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#8A4E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4E49

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4E49	1.00	6.43	3.27	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95464D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.082 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af807b',
    500: '#8a4e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4e49;
$custom-light: #af807b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49332,
    "c": 0.08186,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4E49

secondary

#81AAAE

accent

#BFC761

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEEE

border

#D0C9C9

text

#110A09

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4E49

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

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