#8A4E50#8A4E50

#8A4E50 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.081 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4E50
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 80)
HSL	hsl(358, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(358, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 42%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.30, 25.44, 9.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.30, 27.29, 21.21°)
OKLab	oklab(49.51% 0.0769 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(49.51% 0.081 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.6543, 11.4325, 9.0228)
Luminance	0.1143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4E50 #4E8A88

analogous

#8A4E6E #8A4E50 #8A6A4E

triadic

#8A4E50 #508A4E #4E508A

tetradic

#8A4E50 #6E8A4E #4E8A88 #6A4E8A

square

#8A4E50 #6E8A4E #4E8A88 #6A4E8A

split-complementary

#8A4E50 #4E8A6A #4E6E8A

monochromatic

#3C2223 #633839 #8A4E50 #AB6A6C #C19193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#8A4E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#8A4E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4E50

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4E50	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69644F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95474F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.081 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8081',
    500: '#8a4e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4e50;
$custom-light: #ae8081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49509,
    "c": 0.08097,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4E50

secondary

#86AEAC

accent

#C4C164

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEEE

border

#D0C9C9

text

#110A0A

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4E50

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