#8A5B4E#8A5B4E

#8A5B4E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.066 H 36.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5B4E
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 78)
HSL	hsl(13, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(13, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 43.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.41, 17.65, 15.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.41, 23.42, 41.08°)
OKLab	oklab(51.89% 0.0531 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(51.89% 0.066 36.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.5982, 13.4367, 8.9782)
Luminance	0.1344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5B4E #4E7D8A

analogous

#8A4E5F #8A5B4E #8A794E

triadic

#8A5B4E #4E8A5B #5B4E8A

tetradic

#8A5B4E #5F8A4E #4E7D8A #794E8A

square

#8A5B4E #5F8A4E #4E7D8A #794E8A

split-complementary

#8A5B4E #4E8A79 #4E5F8A

monochromatic

#3C2722 #634138 #8A5B4E #AB786A #C19C91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#8A5B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#8A5B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5B4E

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5B4E	1.00	5.70	3.69	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66614D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716A4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#945458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.066 36.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae897f',
    500: '#8a5b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5b4e;
$custom-light: #ae897f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51885,
    "c": 0.06574,
    "h": 36.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5B4E

secondary

#86A5AE

accent

#AFC464

background

#FAF8F7

surface

#F5F0EE

border

#CFCBC9

text

#100B0A

muted

#7F7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5B4E

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

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