#8A5B50#8A5B50

#8A5B50 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.065 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5B50
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 80)
HSL	hsl(11, 27%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(11, 42%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 42%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.46, 17.89, 14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.46, 22.87, 38.51°)
OKLab	oklab(51.93% 0.054 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(51.93% 0.065 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.6710, 13.4658, 9.3616)
Luminance	0.1346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5B50 #507F8A

analogous

#8A5062 #8A5B50 #8A7850

triadic

#8A5B50 #508A5B #5B508A

tetradic

#8A5B50 #628A50 #507F8A #78508A

square

#8A5B50 #628A50 #507F8A #78508A

split-complementary

#8A5B50 #508A78 #50628A

monochromatic

#3D2823 #63413A #8A5B50 #AA796D #C19C94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#8A5B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#8A5B50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5B50

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5B50	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66614F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716A50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#945458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.065 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8981',
    500: '#8a5b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5b50;
$custom-light: #ae8981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.379,
    "s": 26.606,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51932,
    "c": 0.0649,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5B50

secondary

#88A6AE

accent

#B1C365

background

#FAF8F7

surface

#F5F0EE

border

#CFCBC9

text

#100B0A

muted

#7F7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5B50

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

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