#8A5240#8A5240

#8A5240 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.081 H 38.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5240
RGB	rgb(138, 82, 64)
HSL	hsl(15, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(15, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.91, 21.40, 20.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.91, 29.62, 43.76°)
OKLab	oklab(49.87% 0.063 0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(49.87% 0.081 38.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.4249, 11.8093, 6.3692)
Luminance	0.1181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5240 #40788A

analogous

#8A4053 #8A5240 #8A7740

triadic

#8A5240 #408A52 #52408A

tetradic

#8A5240 #538A40 #40788A #77408A

square

#8A5240 #538A40 #40788A #77408A

split-complementary

#8A5240 #408A77 #40538A

monochromatic

#362019 #60392D #8A5240 #B16C56 #C49180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#8A5240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#8A5240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5240

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5240	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60593E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D653F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96494D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 82, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.081 38.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8375',
    500: '#8a5240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5240;
$custom-light: #af8375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.595,
    "s": 36.634,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49866,
    "c": 0.08052,
    "h": 38.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5240

secondary

#77A1AF

accent

#B1CD5B

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFED

border

#D0CAC8

text

#110A08

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5240

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

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