#8A4E5C#8A4E5C

#8A4E5C is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.082 H 5.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4E5C
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 92)
HSL	hsl(346, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(346, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 33.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.62, 27.00, 2.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.62, 27.15, 6.10°)
OKLab	oklab(49.85% 0.0819 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(49.85% 0.082 5.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.1380, 11.6260, 11.5699)
Luminance	0.1163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4E5C #4E8A7C

analogous

#8A4E7A #8A4E5C #8A5E4E

triadic

#8A4E5C #5C8A4E #4E5C8A

tetradic

#8A4E5C #7A8A4E #4E8A7C #5E4E8A

square

#8A4E5C #7A8A4E #4E8A7C #5E4E8A

split-complementary

#8A4E5C #4E8A5E #4E7A8A

monochromatic

#3C2228 #633842 #8A4E5C #AB6A79 #C1919C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#8A4E5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#8A4E5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4E5C

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4E5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4E5C	1.00	6.32	3.33	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58595C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67645B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#944953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4e5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.082 5.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae818a',
    500: '#8a4e5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4e5c;
$custom-light: #ae818a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4e5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49853,
    "c": 0.08223,
    "h": 5.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4E5C

secondary

#86AEA4

accent

#C4AE64

background

#FAF7F8

surface

#F5EEF0

border

#CFC9CB

text

#100A0B

muted

#7F7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4E5C

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

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