#8A4E53#8A4E53

#8A4E53 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.081 H 15.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4E53
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 83)
HSL	hsl(355, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(355, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 39.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.37, 25.81, 8.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.37, 27.06, 17.47°)
OKLab	oklab(49.59% 0.0782 0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(49.59% 0.081 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.7677, 11.4779, 9.6196)
Luminance	0.1148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4E53 #4E8A85

analogous

#8A4E71 #8A4E53 #8A674E

triadic

#8A4E53 #538A4E #4E538A

tetradic

#8A4E53 #718A4E #4E8A85 #674E8A

square

#8A4E53 #718A4E #4E8A85 #674E8A

split-complementary

#8A4E53 #4E8A67 #4E718A

monochromatic

#3C2224 #63383B #8A4E53 #AB6A70 #C19195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#8A4E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#8A4E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4E53

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4E53	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#944750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.081 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8083',
    500: '#8a4e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4e53;
$custom-light: #ae8083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4959,
    "c": 0.08095,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4E53

secondary

#86AEAA

accent

#C4BC64

background

#FBF7F8

surface

#F6EEEF

border

#D0C9CA

text

#110A0A

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4E53

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

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