#8A5355#8A5355

#8A5355 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.074 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5355
RGB	rgb(138, 83, 85)
HSL	hsl(358, 25%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(358, 40%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.9%, 38.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.61, 23.18, 8.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.61, 24.73, 20.40°)
OKLab	oklab(50.55% 0.0702 0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(50.55% 0.074 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.2148, 12.2469, 10.1551)
Luminance	0.1225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5355 #538A88

analogous

#8A5370 #8A5355 #8A6C53

triadic

#8A5355 #558A53 #53558A

tetradic

#8A5355 #708A53 #538A88 #6C538A

square

#8A5355 #708A53 #538A88 #6C538A

split-complementary

#8A5355 #538A6C #53708A

monochromatic

#3E2526 #643C3D #8A5355 #A97173 #C09798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#8A5355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#8A5355 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5355

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5355	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5C55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#944D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 83, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.074 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8484',
    500: '#8a5355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5355;
$custom-light: #ae8484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.818,
    "s": 24.887,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50547,
    "c": 0.07369,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5355

secondary

#8BAEAC

accent

#C1BE66

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F5EFEF

border

#CFCACA

text

#110B0B

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5355

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

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