#8A4E52#8A4E52

#8A4E52 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.081 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4E52
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 82)
HSL	hsl(356, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(356, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 40.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.35, 25.68, 8.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.35, 27.12, 18.72°)
OKLab	oklab(49.56% 0.0777 0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(49.56% 0.081 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.7293, 11.4625, 9.4177)
Luminance	0.1146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4E52 #4E8A86

analogous

#8A4E70 #8A4E52 #8A684E

triadic

#8A4E52 #528A4E #4E528A

tetradic

#8A4E52 #708A4E #4E8A86 #684E8A

square

#8A4E52 #708A4E #4E8A86 #684E8A

split-complementary

#8A4E52 #4E8A68 #4E708A

monochromatic

#3C2224 #63383B #8A4E52 #AB6A6F #C19195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#8A4E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#8A4E52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4E52

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4E52	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#944750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.081 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8082',
    500: '#8a4e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4e52;
$custom-light: #ae8082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49562,
    "c": 0.08093,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4E52

secondary

#86AEAB

accent

#C4BE64

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEEE

border

#D0C9C9

text

#110A0A

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4E52

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

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