#8A4E57#8A4E57

#8A4E57 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.081 H 10.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4E57
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 87)
HSL	hsl(351, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(351, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 37%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.48, 26.32, 5.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.48, 26.95, 12.40°)
OKLab	oklab(49.7% 0.0798 0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(49.7% 0.081 10.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.9266, 11.5414, 10.4566)
Luminance	0.1154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4E57 #4E8A81

analogous

#8A4E75 #8A4E57 #8A634E

triadic

#8A4E57 #578A4E #4E578A

tetradic

#8A4E57 #758A4E #4E8A81 #634E8A

square

#8A4E57 #758A4E #4E8A81 #634E8A

split-complementary

#8A4E57 #4E8A63 #4E758A

monochromatic

#3C2226 #63383E #8A4E57 #AB6A74 #C19199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#8A4E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8A4E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4E57

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4E57	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#944851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.081 10.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8186',
    500: '#8a4e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4e57;
$custom-light: #ae8186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49703,
    "c": 0.08125,
    "h": 10.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4E57

secondary

#86AEA8

accent

#C4B664

background

#FAF7F8

surface

#F5EEEF

border

#CFC9CA

text

#110A0B

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4E57

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

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