#8A545E#8A545E

#8A545E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.073 H 8.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A545E
RGB	rgb(138, 84, 94)
HSL	hsl(349, 24%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(349, 39%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 31.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.08, 23.83, 3.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.08, 24.12, 8.97°)
OKLab	oklab(50.99% 0.0722 0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(50.99% 0.073 8)
XYZ	xyz(15.6725, 12.5532, 12.1851)
Luminance	0.1255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A545E #548A80

analogous

#8A5479 #8A545E #8A6554

triadic

#8A545E #5E8A54 #545E8A

tetradic

#8A545E #798A54 #548A80 #65548A

square

#8A545E #798A54 #548A80 #65548A

split-complementary

#8A545E #548A65 #54798A

monochromatic

#3E262A #643D44 #8A545E #A9727C #C098A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#8A545E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#8A545E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A545E

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A545E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A545E	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5D5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A675D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#934F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a545e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 84, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.073 8.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae858b',
    500: '#8a545e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a545e;
$custom-light: #ae858b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a545e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.889,
    "s": 24.324,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5099,
    "c": 0.07292,
    "h": 8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A545E

secondary

#8CAEA7

accent

#C1B067

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F4EFF0

border

#CECACB

text

#100B0C

muted

#7F7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A545E

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

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