#8A5249#8A5249

#8A5249 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.077 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5249
RGB	rgb(138, 82, 73)
HSL	hsl(8, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(8, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 47.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.09, 22.33, 15.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.09, 27.05, 34.36°)
OKLab	oklab(50.06% 0.0668 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(50.06% 0.077 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.7019, 11.9202, 7.8286)
Luminance	0.1192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5249 #49818A

analogous

#8A4961 #8A5249 #8A7349

triadic

#8A5249 #498A52 #52498A

tetradic

#8A5249 #618A49 #49818A #73498A

square

#8A5249 #618A49 #49818A #73498A

split-complementary

#8A5249 #498A73 #49618A

monochromatic

#3A221F #623A34 #8A5249 #AD6E63 #C2938B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#8A5249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8A5249 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5249

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5249	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)

#5F5A48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#954A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 82, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.077 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af837b',
    500: '#8a5249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5249;
$custom-light: #af837b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.308,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50061,
    "c": 0.07705,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5249

secondary

#81A8AE

accent

#B9C761

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFEE

border

#D0CAC9

text

#110A09

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5249

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

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