#8A5C53#8A5C53

#8A5C53 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.063 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5C53
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 83)
HSL	hsl(10, 25%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(10, 40%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 39.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.78, 17.68, 12.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.78, 21.86, 36.04°)
OKLab	oklab(52.2% 0.0535 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(52.2% 0.063 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.8703, 13.6832, 9.9872)
Luminance	0.1368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5C53 #53818A

analogous

#8A5365 #8A5C53 #8A7753

triadic

#8A5C53 #538A5C #5C538A

tetradic

#8A5C53 #658A53 #53818A #77538A

square

#8A5C53 #658A53 #53818A #77538A

split-complementary

#8A5C53 #538A77 #53658A

monochromatic

#3E2925 #64433C #8A5C53 #A97A71 #C09E97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#8A5C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#8A5C53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5C53

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5C53	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716B52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94565A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.063 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8a83',
    500: '#8a5c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5c53;
$custom-light: #ae8a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.818,
    "s": 24.887,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52199,
    "c": 0.06274,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5C53

secondary

#8BA8AE

accent

#B2C166

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F5F0EF

border

#CFCBCA

text

#100C0A

muted

#7F7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5C53

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

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