#8A5B56#8A5B56

#8A5B56 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.063 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5B56
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 86)
HSL	hsl(6, 23%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(6, 38%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 37.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.59, 18.65, 10.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.59, 21.55, 30.06°)
OKLab	oklab(52.08% 0.0566 0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(52.08% 0.063 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.9026, 13.5585, 10.5818)
Luminance	0.1356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5B56 #56858A

analogous

#8A566B #8A5B56 #8A7556

triadic

#8A5B56 #568A5B #5B568A

tetradic

#8A5B56 #6B8A56 #56858A #75568A

square

#8A5B56 #6B8A56 #56858A #75568A

split-complementary

#8A5B56 #568A75 #566B8A

monochromatic

#3F2927 #64423F #8A5B56 #A97A75 #C09E9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#8A5B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#8A5B56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5B56

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5B56	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706B55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94555A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.063 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8a85',
    500: '#8a5b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5b56;
$custom-light: #ae8a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.769,
    "s": 23.214,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52081,
    "c": 0.063,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5B56

secondary

#8EABAE

accent

#B7C068

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F4F0EF

border

#CECBCA

text

#100B0B

muted

#7F7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5B56

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

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