#8A5653#8A5653

#8A5653 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.070 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5653
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 83)
HSL	hsl(3, 25%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(3, 40%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 39.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.28, 21.19, 10.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.28, 23.78, 27.00°)
OKLab	oklab(51.05% 0.0641 0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(51.05% 0.07 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.3710, 12.6846, 9.8207)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5653 #53878A

analogous

#8A536B #8A5653 #8A7153

triadic

#8A5653 #538A56 #56538A

tetradic

#8A5653 #6B8A53 #53878A #71538A

square

#8A5653 #6B8A53 #53878A #71538A

split-complementary

#8A5653 #538A71 #536B8A

monochromatic

#3E2625 #643E3C #8A5653 #A97471 #C09997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#8A5653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#8A5653 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5653

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5653	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#945055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.070 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8683',
    500: '#8a5653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5653;
$custom-light: #ae8683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.273,
    "s": 24.887,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51051,
    "c": 0.06983,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5653

secondary

#8BACAE

accent

#BCC166

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F5EFEF

border

#CFCACA

text

#100B0A

muted

#7F7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5653

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

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