#8A524B#8A524B

#8A524B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.076 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A524B
RGB	rgb(138, 82, 75)
HSL	hsl(7, 30%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(7, 46%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 45.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.13, 22.55, 14.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.13, 26.60, 32.02°)
OKLab	oklab(50.11% 0.0677 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(50.11% 0.076 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.7693, 11.9471, 8.1834)
Luminance	0.1195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A524B #4B838A

analogous

#8A4B64 #8A524B #8A724B

triadic

#8A524B #4B8A52 #524B8A

tetradic

#8A524B #648A4B #4B838A #724B8A

square

#8A524B #648A4B #4B838A #724B8A

split-complementary

#8A524B #4B8A72 #4B648A

monochromatic

#3B2320 #623A35 #8A524B #AC6E66 #C2948E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#8A524B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#8A524B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A524B

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A524B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A524B	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5A4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C654A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#954A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a524b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 82, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.076 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af837d',
    500: '#8a524b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a524b;
$custom-light: #af837d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a524b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 29.577,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50108,
    "c": 0.07649,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A524B

secondary

#83A9AE

accent

#BBC662

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFEE

border

#D0CAC9

text

#110A09

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A524B

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

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