#8A504B#8A504B

#8A504B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.079 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A504B
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 75)
HSL	hsl(5, 30%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(5, 46%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 45.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.65, 23.71, 13.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.65, 27.25, 29.57°)
OKLab	oklab(49.74% 0.0712 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(49.74% 0.079 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.6207, 11.6499, 8.1339)
Luminance	0.1165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A504B #4B858A

analogous

#8A4B66 #8A504B #8A704B

triadic

#8A504B #4B8A50 #504B8A

tetradic

#8A504B #668A4B #4B858A #704B8A

square

#8A504B #668A4B #4B858A #704B8A

split-complementary

#8A504B #4B8A70 #4B668A

monochromatic

#3B2220 #623935 #8A504B #AC6C66 #C2928E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#8A504B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#8A504B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A504B

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A504B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A504B	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D594A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B644A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95484F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a504b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.079 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af827d',
    500: '#8a504b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a504b;
$custom-light: #af827d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a504b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.762,
    "s": 29.577,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49742,
    "c": 0.07894,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A504B

secondary

#83AAAE

accent

#BEC662

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFEE

border

#D0CAC9

text

#110A09

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A504B

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

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