#8A5359#8A5359

#8A5359 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.074 H 13.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5359
RGB	rgb(138, 83, 89)
HSL	hsl(353, 25%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(353, 40%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.9%, 35.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.71, 23.71, 6.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.71, 24.54, 14.89°)
OKLab	oklab(50.66% 0.0719 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(50.66% 0.074 13)
XYZ	xyz(15.3783, 12.3122, 11.0158)
Luminance	0.1231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5359 #538A84

analogous

#8A5374 #8A5359 #8A6853

triadic

#8A5359 #598A53 #53598A

tetradic

#8A5359 #748A53 #538A84 #68538A

square

#8A5359 #748A53 #538A84 #68538A

split-complementary

#8A5359 #538A68 #53748A

monochromatic

#3E2528 #643C40 #8A5359 #A97177 #C0979B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#8A5359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#8A5359 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5359

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5359	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5C59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#944E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 83, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.074 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8487',
    500: '#8a5359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5359;
$custom-light: #ae8487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.455,
    "s": 24.887,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50659,
    "c": 0.07378,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.12311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5359

secondary

#8BAEAA

accent

#C1B766

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F5EFEF

border

#CFCACA

text

#100B0B

muted

#7F7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5359

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

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