#8A554E#8A554E

#8A554E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.072 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A554E
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 78)
HSL	hsl(7, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(7, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 43.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.92, 21.16, 13.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.92, 25.02, 32.26°)
OKLab	oklab(50.74% 0.0637 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(50.74% 0.072 28)
XYZ	xyz(15.1056, 12.4516, 8.8141)
Luminance	0.1245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A554E #4E838A

analogous

#8A4E65 #8A554E #8A734E

triadic

#8A554E #4E8A55 #554E8A

tetradic

#8A554E #658A4E #4E838A #734E8A

square

#8A554E #658A4E #4E838A #734E8A

split-complementary

#8A554E #4E8A73 #4E658A

monochromatic

#3C2522 #633D38 #8A554E #AB726A #C19791

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#8A554E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#8A554E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A554E

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A554E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A554E	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615C4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D674D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#954E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a554e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.072 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae857f',
    500: '#8a554e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a554e;
$custom-light: #ae857f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a554e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50738,
    "c": 0.07214,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.1245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A554E

secondary

#86A9AE

accent

#B9C464

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFEE

border

#D0CAC9

text

#110B0A

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A554E

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

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