#8A5757#8A5757

#8A5757 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.068 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5757
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 87)
HSL	hsl(0, 23%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(0, 37%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37%, 37%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.63, 21.12, 8.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.63, 22.89, 22.69°)
OKLab	oklab(51.35% 0.064 0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(51.35% 0.068 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.6103, 12.9089, 10.6845)
Luminance	0.1291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5757 #578A8A

analogous

#8A5771 #8A5757 #8A7157

triadic

#8A5757 #578A57 #57578A

tetradic

#8A5757 #718A57 #578A8A #71578A

square

#8A5757 #718A57 #578A8A #71578A

split-complementary

#8A5757 #578A71 #57718A

monochromatic

#3F2828 #643F3F #8A5757 #A87676 #C09B9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#8A5757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#8A5757 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5757

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5757	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615F57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#945157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.068 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8786',
    500: '#8a5757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5757;
$custom-light: #ae8786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 22.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51346,
    "c": 0.068,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5757

secondary

#8FAEAE

accent

#BFBF69

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F5EFEF

border

#CFCACA

text

#100B0B

muted

#7F7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5757

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

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