#8A4E59#8A4E59

#8A4E59 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.082 H 8.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4E59
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 89)
HSL	hsl(349, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(349, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 35.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.53, 26.59, 4.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.53, 26.99, 9.87°)
OKLab	oklab(49.76% 0.0806 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(49.76% 0.082 8.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.0094, 11.5746, 10.8929)
Luminance	0.1157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4E59 #4E8A7F

analogous

#8A4E77 #8A4E59 #8A614E

triadic

#8A4E59 #598A4E #4E598A

tetradic

#8A4E59 #778A4E #4E8A7F #614E8A

square

#8A4E59 #778A4E #4E8A7F #614E8A

split-complementary

#8A4E59 #4E8A61 #4E778A

monochromatic

#3C2227 #633840 #8A4E59 #AB6A76 #C1919A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#8A4E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8A4E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4E59

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4E59	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#944952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.082 8.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8187',
    500: '#8a4e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4e59;
$custom-light: #ae8187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49762,
    "c": 0.08156,
    "h": 8.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4E59

secondary

#86AEA6

accent

#C4B264

background

#FAF7F8

surface

#F5EEEF

border

#CFC9CA

text

#110A0B

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4E59

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

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