#8A4F50#8A4F50

#8A4F50 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.080 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4F50
RGB	rgb(138, 79, 80)
HSL	hsl(359, 27%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(359, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.8%, 42%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.53, 24.87, 10.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.53, 26.88, 22.30°)
OKLab	oklab(49.69% 0.0751 0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(49.69% 0.08 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.7259, 11.5757, 9.0466)
Luminance	0.1157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4F50 #4F8A89

analogous

#8A4F6E #8A4F50 #8A6B4F

triadic

#8A4F50 #508A4F #4F508A

tetradic

#8A4F50 #6E8A4F #4F8A89 #6B4F8A

square

#8A4F50 #6E8A4F #4F8A89 #6B4F8A

split-complementary

#8A4F50 #4F8A6B #4F6E8A

monochromatic

#3C2223 #633939 #8A4F50 #AB6C6D #C19393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#8A4F50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8A4F50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4F50

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4F50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4F50	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)

#5B5850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69644F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#954850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4f50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 79, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.080 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8181',
    500: '#8a4f50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4f50;
$custom-light: #ae8181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4f50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.983,
    "s": 27.189,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49687,
    "c": 0.07957,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4F50

secondary

#87AEAD

accent

#C4C264

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEEE

border

#D0C9C9

text

#110A0A

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4F50

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