#8A514A#8A514A

#8A514A is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.078 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A514A
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 74)
HSL	hsl(7, 30%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(7, 46%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.3%, 46.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.87, 23.02, 14.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.87, 27.13, 31.95°)
OKLab	oklab(49.9% 0.069 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(49.9% 0.078 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.6605, 11.7838, 7.9796)
Luminance	0.1178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A514A #4A838A

analogous

#8A4A63 #8A514A #8A714A

triadic

#8A514A #4A8A51 #514A8A

tetradic

#8A514A #638A4A #4A838A #714A8A

square

#8A514A #638A4A #4A838A #714A8A

split-complementary

#8A514A #4A8A71 #4A638A

monochromatic

#3A221F #623A35 #8A514A #AC6D65 #C2928D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#8A514A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#8A514A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A514A

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A514A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A514A	1.00	6.26	3.36	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95494F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a514a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.078 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af827c',
    500: '#8a514a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a514a;
$custom-light: #af827c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a514a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.562,
    "s": 30.189,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.499,
    "c": 0.07795,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A514A

secondary

#82A9AE

accent

#BBC661

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFEE

border

#D0CAC9

text

#110A09

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A514A

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

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