#8A504F#8A504F

#8A504F is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.078 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A504F
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 79)
HSL	hsl(1, 27%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(1, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 42.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.75, 24.17, 11.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.75, 26.60, 24.69°)
OKLab	oklab(49.84% 0.0729 0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(49.84% 0.078 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.7619, 11.7064, 8.8777)
Luminance	0.1171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A504F #4F898A

analogous

#8A4F6B #8A504F #8A6E4F

triadic

#8A504F #4F8A50 #504F8A

tetradic

#8A504F #6B8A4F #4F898A #6E4F8A

square

#8A504F #6B8A4F #4F898A #6E4F8A

split-complementary

#8A504F #4F8A6E #4F6B8A

monochromatic

#3C2322 #633939 #8A504F #AB6D6C #C19393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#8A504F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#8A504F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A504F

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A504F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A504F	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C594F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A654E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#954950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a504f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.078 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8280',
    500: '#8a504f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a504f;
$custom-light: #ae8280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a504f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.017,
    "s": 27.189,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49842,
    "c": 0.07829,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A504F

secondary

#87ADAE

accent

#C2C464

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFEE

border

#D0CAC9

text

#110A0A

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A504F

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

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