#8A5244#8A5244

#8A5244 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.079 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5244
RGB	rgb(138, 82, 68)
HSL	hsl(12, 34%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(12, 51%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 50.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.99, 21.79, 18.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.99, 28.37, 39.82°)
OKLab	oklab(49.95% 0.0647 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(49.95% 0.079 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.5428, 11.8565, 6.9903)
Luminance	0.1186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5244 #447C8A

analogous

#8A4459 #8A5244 #8A7544

triadic

#8A5244 #448A52 #52448A

tetradic

#8A5244 #598A44 #447C8A #75448A

square

#8A5244 #598A44 #447C8A #75448A

split-complementary

#8A5244 #448A75 #44598A

monochromatic

#38211C #613A30 #8A5244 #AF6D5C #C39285

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#8A5244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8A5244 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5244

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5244	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)

#5F5A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95494E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 82, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.079 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8378',
    500: '#8a5244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5244;
$custom-light: #af8378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 33.981,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49949,
    "c": 0.0788,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5244

secondary

#7CA4AE

accent

#B4CA5E

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFED

border

#D0CAC8

text

#110A08

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5244

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

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