#8A5752#8A5752

#8A5752 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.069 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5752
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 82)
HSL	hsl(5, 25%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(5, 41%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37%, 40.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.51, 20.48, 11.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.51, 23.59, 29.77°)
OKLab	oklab(51.21% 0.0619 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(51.21% 0.069 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.4131, 12.8300, 9.6457)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5752 #52858A

analogous

#8A5269 #8A5752 #8A7352

triadic

#8A5752 #528A57 #57528A

tetradic

#8A5752 #698A52 #52858A #73528A

square

#8A5752 #698A52 #52858A #73528A

split-complementary

#8A5752 #528A73 #52698A

monochromatic

#3D2724 #643F3B #8A5752 #AA756F #C19A96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#8A5752 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8A5752 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5752

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5752	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5752	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625E51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#945056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5752;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.069 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8782',
    500: '#8a5752',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5752;
$custom-light: #ae8782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5752",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.357,
    "s": 25.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51214,
    "c": 0.06876,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5752

secondary

#8AAAAE

accent

#BAC266

background

#FAF8F7

surface

#F5EFEE

border

#CFCAC9

text

#100B0A

muted

#7F7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5752

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

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