#8A5561#8A5561

#8A5561 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.072 H 5.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5561
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 97)
HSL	hsl(346, 24%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(346, 38%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 29.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.41, 23.68, 2.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.41, 23.80, 5.75°)
OKLab	oklab(51.27% 0.0717 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(51.27% 0.072 5.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.8879, 12.7645, 12.9339)
Luminance	0.1276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5561 #558A7E

analogous

#8A557B #8A5561 #8A6355

triadic

#8A5561 #618A55 #55618A

tetradic

#8A5561 #7B8A55 #558A7E #63558A

square

#8A5561 #7B8A55 #558A7E #63558A

split-complementary

#8A5561 #558A63 #557B8A

monochromatic

#3E262C #643E46 #8A5561 #A9737F #C099A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#8A5561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#8A5561 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5561

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5561	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5E61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#935159

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.072 5.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae858d',
    500: '#8a5561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5561;
$custom-light: #ae858d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.415,
    "s": 23.767,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51265,
    "c": 0.07199,
    "h": 5.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5561

secondary

#8DAEA6

accent

#C0AC68

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F4EFF0

border

#CECACB

text

#100B0C

muted

#7F7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5561

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

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