#8A5E61#8A5E61

#8A5E61 is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.058 H 14.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5E61
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 97)
HSL	hsl(356, 19%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(356, 32%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 29.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.62, 18.42, 5.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.62, 19.25, 16.83°)
OKLab	oklab(52.96% 0.056 0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(52.96% 0.058 14.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.6420, 14.2728, 13.1853)
Luminance	0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5E61 #5E8A87

analogous

#8A5E77 #8A5E61 #8A715E

triadic

#8A5E61 #618A5E #5E618A

tetradic

#8A5E61 #778A5E #5E8A87 #715E8A

square

#8A5E61 #778A5E #5E8A87 #715E8A

split-complementary

#8A5E61 #5E8A71 #5E778A

monochromatic

#412C2E #664547 #8A5E61 #A77E81 #C0A2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#8A5E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#8A5E61 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5E61

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5E61	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666561

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706D60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#925A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.058 14.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad8c8d',
    500: '#8a5e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5e61;
$custom-light: #ad8c8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.909,
    "s": 18.966,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52964,
    "c": 0.05787,
    "h": 14.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5E61

secondary

#96AEAD

accent

#BCB66C

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F4F0F0

border

#CECBCB

text

#100C0C

muted

#7F7D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5E61

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

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