#8A4F4E#8A4F4E

#8A4F4E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.080 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4F4E
RGB	rgb(138, 79, 78)
HSL	hsl(1, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(1, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.8%, 43.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.49, 24.63, 11.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.49, 27.12, 24.78°)
OKLab	oklab(49.64% 0.0743 0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(49.64% 0.08 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.6531, 11.5466, 8.6632)
Luminance	0.1154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4F4E #4E898A

analogous

#8A4E6B #8A4F4E #8A6D4E

triadic

#8A4F4E #4E8A4F #4F4E8A

tetradic

#8A4F4E #6B8A4E #4E898A #6D4E8A

square

#8A4F4E #6B8A4E #4E898A #6D4E8A

split-complementary

#8A4F4E #4E8A6D #4E6B8A

monochromatic

#3C2222 #633938 #8A4F4E #AB6B6A #C19291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#8A4F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8A4F4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4F4E

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4F4E	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)

#5B584E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A644D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95484F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 79, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.080 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af817f',
    500: '#8a4f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4f4e;
$custom-light: #af817f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49636,
    "c": 0.07975,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4F4E

secondary

#86ADAE

accent

#C2C464

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEEE

border

#D0C9C9

text

#110A0A

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4F4E

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

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