#8A4E5B#8A4E5B

#8A4E5B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.082 H 6.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4E5B
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 91)
HSL	hsl(347, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(347, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 34.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.59, 26.86, 3.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.59, 27.08, 7.35°)
OKLab	oklab(49.82% 0.0815 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(49.82% 0.082 6.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.0945, 11.6086, 11.3412)
Luminance	0.1161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4E5B #4E8A7D

analogous

#8A4E79 #8A4E5B #8A5F4E

triadic

#8A4E5B #5B8A4E #4E5B8A

tetradic

#8A4E5B #798A4E #4E8A7D #5F4E8A

square

#8A4E5B #798A4E #4E8A7D #5F4E8A

split-complementary

#8A4E5B #4E8A5F #4E798A

monochromatic

#3C2227 #633841 #8A4E5B #AB6A78 #C1919C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#8A4E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#8A4E5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4E5B

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4E5B	1.00	6.32	3.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58595B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67645A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#944953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.082 6.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8189',
    500: '#8a4e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4e5b;
$custom-light: #ae8189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49822,
    "c": 0.08198,
    "h": 6.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4E5B

secondary

#86AEA5

accent

#C4AF64

background

#FAF7F8

surface

#F5EEF0

border

#CFC9CB

text

#100A0B

muted

#7F7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4E5B

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

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