#8A5D52#8A5D52

#8A5D52 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.062 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5D52
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 82)
HSL	hsl(12, 25%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(12, 41%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 40.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.01, 16.97, 13.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.01, 21.86, 39.09°)
OKLab	oklab(52.37% 0.0513 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(52.37% 0.062 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.9192, 13.8423, 9.8144)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5D52 #527F8A

analogous

#8A5263 #8A5D52 #8A7952

triadic

#8A5D52 #528A5D #5D528A

tetradic

#8A5D52 #638A52 #527F8A #79528A

square

#8A5D52 #638A52 #527F8A #79528A

split-complementary

#8A5D52 #528A79 #52638A

monochromatic

#3D2924 #64433B #8A5D52 #AA7B6F #C19E96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#8A5D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8A5D52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5D52

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5D52	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726C52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94575A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.062 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8b82',
    500: '#8a5d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5d52;
$custom-light: #ae8b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.786,
    "s": 25.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5237,
    "c": 0.0621,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5D52

secondary

#8AA7AE

accent

#B0C266

background

#FAF8F7

surface

#F5F0EE

border

#CFCBC9

text

#100C0A

muted

#7F7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5D52

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

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