#8A545B#8A545B

#8A545B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.072 H 11.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A545B
RGB	rgb(138, 84, 91)
HSL	hsl(352, 24%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(352, 39%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 34.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.00, 23.41, 5.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.00, 24.04, 13.20°)
OKLab	oklab(50.9% 0.071 0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(50.9% 0.072 11.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.5405, 12.5004, 11.4898)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A545B #548A83

analogous

#8A5476 #8A545B #8A6854

triadic

#8A545B #5B8A54 #545B8A

tetradic

#8A545B #768A54 #548A83 #68548A

square

#8A545B #768A54 #548A83 #68548A

split-complementary

#8A545B #548A68 #54768A

monochromatic

#3E2629 #643D42 #8A545B #A97279 #C0989D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#8A545B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#8A545B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A545B

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A545B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A545B	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5D5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B675A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#934F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a545b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 84, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.072 11.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8589',
    500: '#8a545b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a545b;
$custom-light: #ae8589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a545b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.222,
    "s": 24.324,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.509,
    "c": 0.07245,
    "h": 11.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A545B

secondary

#8CAEA9

accent

#C1B567

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F5EFF0

border

#CFCACB

text

#100B0B

muted

#7F7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A545B

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

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