#8A4E55#8A4E55

#8A4E55 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.081 H 13.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4E55
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 85)
HSL	hsl(353, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(353, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 38.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.43, 26.06, 6.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.43, 26.97, 14.94°)
OKLab	oklab(49.65% 0.079 0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(49.65% 0.081 13)
XYZ	xyz(14.8460, 11.5092, 10.0322)
Luminance	0.1151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4E55 #4E8A83

analogous

#8A4E73 #8A4E55 #8A654E

triadic

#8A4E55 #558A4E #4E558A

tetradic

#8A4E55 #738A4E #4E8A83 #654E8A

square

#8A4E55 #738A4E #4E8A83 #654E8A

split-complementary

#8A4E55 #4E8A65 #4E738A

monochromatic

#3C2225 #63383D #8A4E55 #AB6A72 #C19197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#8A4E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#8A4E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4E55

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4E55	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#944851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.081 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8084',
    500: '#8a4e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4e55;
$custom-light: #ae8084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49646,
    "c": 0.08105,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.11508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4E55

secondary

#86AEA9

accent

#C4B964

background

#FAF7F8

surface

#F5EEEF

border

#CFC9CA

text

#110A0B

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4E55

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

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