#8A545D#8A545D

#8A545D is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.073 H 9.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A545D
RGB	rgb(138, 84, 93)
HSL	hsl(350, 24%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(350, 39%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 32.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.05, 23.68, 4.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.05, 24.08, 10.38°)
OKLab	oklab(50.96% 0.0718 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(50.96% 0.073 9.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.6279, 12.5354, 11.9503)
Luminance	0.1253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A545D #548A81

analogous

#8A5478 #8A545D #8A6654

triadic

#8A545D #5D8A54 #545D8A

tetradic

#8A545D #788A54 #548A81 #66548A

square

#8A545D #788A54 #548A81 #66548A

split-complementary

#8A545D #548A66 #54788A

monochromatic

#3E262A #643D43 #8A545D #A9727B #C0989F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#8A545D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#8A545D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A545D

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A545D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A545D	1.00	5.99	3.51	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5D5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A675C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#934F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a545d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 84, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.073 9.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae858a',
    500: '#8a545d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a545d;
$custom-light: #ae858a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a545d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 24.324,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50959,
    "c": 0.07274,
    "h": 9.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A545D

secondary

#8CAEA8

accent

#C1B267

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F5EFF0

border

#CFCACB

text

#100B0B

muted

#7F7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A545D

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

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