#8A5559#8A5559

#8A5559 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.071 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5559
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 89)
HSL	hsl(355, 24%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(355, 38%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 35.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.19, 22.55, 6.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.19, 23.61, 17.22°)
OKLab	oklab(51.03% 0.0684 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(51.03% 0.071 15)
XYZ	xyz(15.5335, 12.6227, 11.0676)
Luminance	0.1262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5559 #558A86

analogous

#8A5573 #8A5559 #8A6B55

triadic

#8A5559 #598A55 #55598A

tetradic

#8A5559 #738A55 #558A86 #6B558A

square

#8A5559 #738A55 #558A86 #6B558A

split-complementary

#8A5559 #558A6B #55738A

monochromatic

#3E2628 #643E41 #8A5559 #A97377 #C0999C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#8A5559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#8A5559 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5559

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5559	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5D59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#945057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.071 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8587',
    500: '#8a5559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5559;
$custom-light: #ae8587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.472,
    "s": 23.767,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51027,
    "c": 0.0708,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.12622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5559

secondary

#8DAEAB

accent

#C0BA68

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F5EFEF

border

#CFCACA

text

#100B0B

muted

#7F7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5559

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

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