#8A5052#8A5052

#8A5052 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.078 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5052
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 82)
HSL	hsl(358, 27%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(358, 42%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 40.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.82, 24.54, 9.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.82, 26.26, 20.88°)
OKLab	oklab(49.92% 0.0742 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(49.92% 0.078 18)
XYZ	xyz(14.8736, 11.7510, 9.4658)
Luminance	0.1175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5052 #508A88

analogous

#8A506F #8A5052 #8A6B50

triadic

#8A5052 #528A50 #50528A

tetradic

#8A5052 #6F8A50 #508A88 #6B508A

square

#8A5052 #6F8A50 #508A88 #6B508A

split-complementary

#8A5052 #508A6B #506F8A

monochromatic

#3D2324 #633A3B #8A5052 #AA6D6F #C19495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#8A5052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8A5052 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5052

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5052	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#944951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.078 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8282',
    500: '#8a5052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5052;
$custom-light: #ae8282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.931,
    "s": 26.606,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4992,
    "c": 0.07806,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.1175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5052

secondary

#88AEAC

accent

#C3C065

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFEE

border

#D0CAC9

text

#110A0A

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5052

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

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