#8A5342#8A5342

#8A5342 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.079 H 37.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5342
RGB	rgb(138, 83, 66)
HSL	hsl(14, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(14, 52%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.9%, 52.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.19, 21.01, 19.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.19, 28.77, 43.08°)
OKLab	oklab(50.09% 0.062 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(50.09% 0.079 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.5587, 11.9844, 6.6997)
Luminance	0.1198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5342 #42798A

analogous

#8A4255 #8A5342 #8A7742

triadic

#8A5342 #428A53 #53428A

tetradic

#8A5342 #558A42 #42798A #77428A

square

#8A5342 #558A42 #42798A #77428A

split-complementary

#8A5342 #428A77 #42558A

monochromatic

#37211A #613A2E #8A5342 #B06E59 #C49283

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#8A5342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8A5342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5342

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5342	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#954A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 83, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.079 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8476',
    500: '#8a5342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5342;
$custom-light: #af8476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.167,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50094,
    "c": 0.07867,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5342

secondary

#79A2AE

accent

#B1CB5C

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFED

border

#D0CAC8

text

#110B08

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5342

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

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