#8A555B#8A555B

#8A555B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.071 H 12.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A555B
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 91)
HSL	hsl(353, 24%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(353, 38%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 34.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.24, 22.82, 5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.24, 23.56, 14.34°)
OKLab	oklab(51.09% 0.0692 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(51.09% 0.071 12.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.6186, 12.6568, 11.5159)
Luminance	0.1266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A555B #558A84

analogous

#8A5575 #8A555B #8A6955

triadic

#8A555B #5B8A55 #555B8A

tetradic

#8A555B #758A55 #558A84 #69558A

square

#8A555B #758A55 #558A84 #69558A

split-complementary

#8A555B #558A69 #55758A

monochromatic

#3E2629 #643E42 #8A555B #A97379 #C0999E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#8A555B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8A555B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A555B

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A555B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A555B	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5E5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B685A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#935057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a555b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.071 12.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8589',
    500: '#8a555b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a555b;
$custom-light: #ae8589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a555b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.208,
    "s": 23.767,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51085,
    "c": 0.07092,
    "h": 12.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A555B

secondary

#8DAEAA

accent

#C0B668

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F5EFF0

border

#CFCACB

text

#100B0B

muted

#7F7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A555B

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

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