#8A5960#8A5960

#8A5960 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.065 H 10.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5960
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 96)
HSL	hsl(351, 22%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(351, 36%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 30.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.35, 21.20, 4.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.35, 21.65, 11.62°)
OKLab	oklab(51.98% 0.0643 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(51.98% 0.065 10.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.1654, 13.3936, 12.7979)
Luminance	0.1339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5960 #598A83

analogous

#8A5979 #8A5960 #8A6B59

triadic

#8A5960 #608A59 #59608A

tetradic

#8A5960 #798A59 #598A83 #6B598A

square

#8A5960 #798A59 #598A83 #6B598A

split-complementary

#8A5960 #598A6B #59798A

monochromatic

#40292C #654146 #8A5960 #A8787F #C09DA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#8A5960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#8A5960 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5960

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5960	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6A5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93555C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.065 10.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad888d',
    500: '#8a5960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5960;
$custom-light: #ad888d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 21.586,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51978,
    "c": 0.06534,
    "h": 10.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5960

secondary

#91AEAA

accent

#BEB26A

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F4F0F0

border

#CECBCB

text

#100B0C

muted

#7F7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5960

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

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