#8A504D#8A504D

#8A504D is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.079 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A504D
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 77)
HSL	hsl(3, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(3, 44%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 44.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.70, 23.94, 12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.70, 26.90, 27.16°)
OKLab	oklab(49.79% 0.0721 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(49.79% 0.079 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.6902, 11.6777, 8.5001)
Luminance	0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A504D #4D878A

analogous

#8A4D69 #8A504D #8A6F4D

triadic

#8A504D #4D8A50 #504D8A

tetradic

#8A504D #698A4D #4D878A #6F4D8A

square

#8A504D #698A4D #4D878A #6F4D8A

split-complementary

#8A504D #4D8A6F #4D698A

monochromatic

#3B2221 #633937 #8A504D #AB6C69 #C19390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#8A504D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#8A504D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A504D

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A504D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A504D	1.00	6.30	3.34	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C594C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A644C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#954850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a504d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.079 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af827e',
    500: '#8a504d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a504d;
$custom-light: #af827e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a504d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.951,
    "s": 28.372,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49791,
    "c": 0.07857,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A504D

secondary

#85ACAE

accent

#C0C563

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFEE

border

#D0CAC9

text

#110A0A

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A504D

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

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