#8A5152#8A5152

#8A5152 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.077 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5152
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 82)
HSL	hsl(359, 26%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(359, 41%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.3%, 40.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.05, 23.96, 9.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.05, 25.85, 22.03°)
OKLab	oklab(50.1% 0.0725 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(50.1% 0.077 19)
XYZ	xyz(14.9474, 11.8986, 9.4904)
Luminance	0.1190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5152 #518A89

analogous

#8A516E #8A5152 #8A6C51

triadic

#8A5152 #528A51 #51528A

tetradic

#8A5152 #6E8A51 #518A89 #6C518A

square

#8A5152 #6E8A51 #518A89 #6C518A

split-complementary

#8A5152 #518A6C #516E8A

monochromatic

#3D2424 #633A3B #8A5152 #AA6E6F #C19596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#8A5152 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8A5152 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5152

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5152	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5152	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5A52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#944A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5152;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.077 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8382',
    500: '#8a5152',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5152;
$custom-light: #ae8382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5152",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.947,
    "s": 26.027,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50101,
    "c": 0.07666,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.11897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5152

secondary

#89AEAD

accent

#C2C165

background

#FAF8F7

surface

#F5EFEE

border

#CFCAC9

text

#110A0A

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5152

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

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