#8A565B#8A565B

#8A565B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.069 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A565B
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 91)
HSL	hsl(354, 23%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(354, 38%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 34.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.48, 22.24, 6.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.48, 23.09, 15.53°)
OKLab	oklab(51.27% 0.0675 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(51.27% 0.069 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.6979, 12.8153, 11.5423)
Luminance	0.1281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A565B #568A85

analogous

#8A5675 #8A565B #8A6B56

triadic

#8A565B #5B8A56 #565B8A

tetradic

#8A565B #758A56 #568A85 #6B568A

square

#8A565B #758A56 #568A85 #6B568A

split-complementary

#8A565B #568A6B #56758A

monochromatic

#3F2729 #643F42 #8A565B #A9757A #C09A9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#8A565B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#8A565B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A565B

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A565B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A565B	1.00	5.89	3.56	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5E5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C685A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#935158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a565b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.069 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8689',
    500: '#8a565b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a565b;
$custom-light: #ae8689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a565b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.231,
    "s": 23.214,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5127,
    "c": 0.06941,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A565B

secondary

#8EAEAB

accent

#C0B768

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F4EFF0

border

#CECACB

text

#100B0B

muted

#7F7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A565B

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

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