#8A5147#8A5147

#8A5147 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.079 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5147
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 71)
HSL	hsl(9, 32%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(9, 49%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.3%, 48.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.81, 22.69, 16.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.81, 27.82, 35.37°)
OKLab	oklab(49.83% 0.0677 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(49.83% 0.079 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.5618, 11.7444, 7.4600)
Luminance	0.1174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5147 #47808A

analogous

#8A475E #8A5147 #8A7247

triadic

#8A5147 #478A51 #51478A

tetradic

#8A5147 #5E8A47 #47808A #72478A

square

#8A5147 #5E8A47 #47808A #72478A

split-complementary

#8A5147 #478A72 #475E8A

monochromatic

#39221D #623932 #8A5147 #AE6C61 #C29289

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#8A5147 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8A5147 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5147

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5147	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5147	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)

#5E5946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95494F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5147;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.079 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af827a',
    500: '#8a5147',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5147;
$custom-light: #af827a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5147",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.955,
    "s": 32.057,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49831,
    "c": 0.0788,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5147

secondary

#7FA7AE

accent

#B9C860

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFED

border

#D0CAC8

text

#110A09

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5147

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

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