#8A5243#8A5243

#8A5243 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.079 H 35.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5243
RGB	rgb(138, 82, 67)
HSL	hsl(13, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(13, 51%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 51.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.97, 21.69, 18.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.97, 28.67, 40.84°)
OKLab	oklab(49.93% 0.0642 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(49.93% 0.079 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.5125, 11.8444, 6.8310)
Luminance	0.1184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5243 #437B8A

analogous

#8A4357 #8A5243 #8A7543

triadic

#8A5243 #438A52 #52438A

tetradic

#8A5243 #578A43 #437B8A #75438A

square

#8A5243 #578A43 #437B8A #75438A

split-complementary

#8A5243 #438A75 #43578A

monochromatic

#38211B #613A2F #8A5243 #AF6D5B #C39184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#8A5243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8A5243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5243

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5243	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95494E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 82, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.079 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8377',
    500: '#8a5243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5243;
$custom-light: #af8377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.676,
    "s": 34.634,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49928,
    "c": 0.0792,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5243

secondary

#7BA3AE

accent

#B4CB5D

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFED

border

#D0CAC8

text

#110A08

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5243

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

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