#8A5148#8A5148

#8A5148 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.079 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5148
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 72)
HSL	hsl(8, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(8, 48%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.3%, 47.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.83, 22.80, 15.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.83, 27.58, 34.25°)
OKLab	oklab(49.85% 0.0682 0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(49.85% 0.079 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.5942, 11.7573, 7.6304)
Luminance	0.1176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5148 #48818A

analogous

#8A4860 #8A5148 #8A7248

triadic

#8A5148 #488A51 #51488A

tetradic

#8A5148 #608A48 #48818A #72488A

square

#8A5148 #608A48 #48818A #72488A

split-complementary

#8A5148 #488A72 #48608A

monochromatic

#3A221E #623933 #8A5148 #AD6C62 #C2928A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#8A5148 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8A5148 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5148

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5148	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5148	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)

#5E5947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95494F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5148;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.079 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af827b',
    500: '#8a5148',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5148;
$custom-light: #af827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5148",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.182,
    "s": 31.429,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49853,
    "c": 0.0785,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5148

secondary

#80A8AE

accent

#BAC860

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFED

border

#D0CAC8

text

#110A09

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5148

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

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