#8A5955#8A5955

#8A5955 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.066 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5955
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 85)
HSL	hsl(5, 24%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(5, 38%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 38.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.07, 19.69, 10.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.07, 22.40, 28.46°)
OKLab	oklab(51.67% 0.0597 0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(51.67% 0.066 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.6939, 13.2051, 10.3148)
Luminance	0.1320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5955 #55868A

analogous

#8A556B #8A5955 #8A7355

triadic

#8A5955 #558A59 #59558A

tetradic

#8A5955 #6B8A55 #55868A #73558A

square

#8A5955 #6B8A55 #55868A #73558A

split-complementary

#8A5955 #558A73 #556B8A

monochromatic

#3E2826 #64413E #8A5955 #A97773 #C09C99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#8A5955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#8A5955 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5955

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5955	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#945358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.066 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8884',
    500: '#8a5955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5955;
$custom-light: #ae8884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.528,
    "s": 23.767,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51671,
    "c": 0.06565,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5955

secondary

#8DABAE

accent

#BAC068

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F5F0EF

border

#CFCBCA

text

#100B0B

muted

#7F7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5955

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

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