#8A505A#8A505A

#8A505A is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.079 H 9.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A505A
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 90)
HSL	hsl(350, 27%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(350, 42%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 34.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.02, 25.58, 4.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.02, 26.01, 10.44°)
OKLab	oklab(50.15% 0.0776 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(50.15% 0.079 9.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.1960, 11.8800, 11.1636)
Luminance	0.1188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A505A #508A80

analogous

#8A5077 #8A505A #8A6350

triadic

#8A505A #5A8A50 #505A8A

tetradic

#8A505A #778A50 #508A80 #63508A

square

#8A505A #778A50 #508A80 #63508A

split-complementary

#8A505A #508A63 #50778A

monochromatic

#3D2327 #633A41 #8A505A #AA6D77 #C1949B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#8A505A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8A505A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A505A

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A505A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A505A	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5A5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#944B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a505a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.079 9.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8288',
    500: '#8a505a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a505a;
$custom-light: #ae8288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a505a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.655,
    "s": 26.606,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50146,
    "c": 0.07857,
    "h": 9.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A505A

secondary

#88AEA7

accent

#C3B365

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F5EFEF

border

#CFCACA

text

#100A0B

muted

#7F7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A505A

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

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