#8A5049#8A5049

#8A5049 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.079 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5049
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 73)
HSL	hsl(6, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(6, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 47.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.61, 23.48, 14.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.61, 27.66, 31.90°)
OKLab	oklab(49.69% 0.0704 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(49.69% 0.079 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.5533, 11.6229, 7.7790)
Luminance	0.1162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5049 #49838A

analogous

#8A4963 #8A5049 #8A7149

triadic

#8A5049 #498A50 #50498A

tetradic

#8A5049 #638A49 #49838A #71498A

square

#8A5049 #638A49 #49838A #71498A

split-complementary

#8A5049 #498A71 #49638A

monochromatic

#3A221F #623934 #8A5049 #AD6B63 #C2918B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#8A5049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#8A5049 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5049

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5049	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)

#5D5948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95484E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.079 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af827b',
    500: '#8a5049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5049;
$custom-light: #af827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.462,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49694,
    "c": 0.0794,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5049

secondary

#81A9AE

accent

#BCC761

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFEE

border

#D0CAC9

text

#110A09

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5049

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

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