#8A5C55#8A5C55

#8A5C55 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.062 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5C55
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 85)
HSL	hsl(8, 24%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(8, 38%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 38.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.82, 17.93, 11.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.82, 21.42, 33.16°)
OKLab	oklab(52.25% 0.0544 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(52.25% 0.062 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.9487, 13.7146, 10.3997)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5C55 #55838A

analogous

#8A5568 #8A5C55 #8A7655

triadic

#8A5C55 #558A5C #5C558A

tetradic

#8A5C55 #688A55 #55838A #76558A

square

#8A5C55 #688A55 #55838A #76558A

split-complementary

#8A5C55 #558A76 #55688A

monochromatic

#3E2A26 #64433E #8A5C55 #A97A73 #C09E99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#8A5C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#8A5C55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5C55

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5C55	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716B54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94565A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.062 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8a84',
    500: '#8a5c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5c55;
$custom-light: #ae8a84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.925,
    "s": 23.767,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52249,
    "c": 0.06209,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5C55

secondary

#8DA9AE

accent

#B5C068

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F4F0EF

border

#CECBCA

text

#100C0B

muted

#7F7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5C55

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

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