#8A545C#8A545C

#8A545C is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.073 H 10.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A545C
RGB	rgb(138, 84, 92)
HSL	hsl(351, 24%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(351, 39%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 33.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.03, 23.54, 4.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.03, 24.05, 11.79°)
OKLab	oklab(50.93% 0.0714 0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(50.93% 0.073 10.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.5839, 12.5178, 11.7185)
Luminance	0.1252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A545C #548A82

analogous

#8A5477 #8A545C #8A6754

triadic

#8A545C #5C8A54 #545C8A

tetradic

#8A545C #778A54 #548A82 #67548A

square

#8A545C #778A54 #548A82 #67548A

split-complementary

#8A545C #548A67 #54778A

monochromatic

#3E2629 #643D43 #8A545C #A9727A #C0989E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#8A545C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#8A545C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A545C

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A545C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A545C	1.00	5.99	3.50	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5D5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A675B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#934F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a545c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 84, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.073 10.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae858a',
    500: '#8a545c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a545c;
$custom-light: #ae858a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a545c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.111,
    "s": 24.324,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5093,
    "c": 0.07258,
    "h": 10.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A545C

secondary

#8CAEA9

accent

#C1B367

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F5EFF0

border

#CFCACB

text

#100B0B

muted

#7F7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A545C

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

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