#8A565E#8A565E

#8A565E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.070 H 9.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A565E
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 94)
HSL	hsl(351, 23%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(351, 38%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 31.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.56, 22.67, 4.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.56, 23.10, 11.12°)
OKLab	oklab(51.36% 0.0687 0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(51.36% 0.07 9.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.8299, 12.8681, 12.2375)
Luminance	0.1287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A565E #568A82

analogous

#8A5678 #8A565E #8A6856

triadic

#8A565E #5E8A56 #565E8A

tetradic

#8A565E #788A56 #568A82 #68568A

square

#8A565E #788A56 #568A82 #68568A

split-complementary

#8A565E #568A68 #56788A

monochromatic

#3F272B #643F44 #8A565E #A9757D #C09AA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#8A565E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8A565E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A565E

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A565E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A565E	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5F5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B685D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#935159

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a565e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.070 9.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae868b',
    500: '#8a565e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a565e;
$custom-light: #ae868b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a565e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.769,
    "s": 23.214,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51358,
    "c": 0.06974,
    "h": 9.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A565E

secondary

#8EAEA9

accent

#C0B268

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F4EFF0

border

#CECACB

text

#100B0C

muted

#7F7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A565E

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

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