#8A6166#8A6166

#8A6166 is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.054 H 10.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6166
RGB	rgb(138, 97, 102)
HSL	hsl(353, 17%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(353, 30%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 26.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.51, 17.41, 3.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.51, 17.83, 12.39°)
OKLab	oklab(53.7% 0.0528 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(53.7% 0.054 10.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.1545, 14.9129, 14.5427)
Luminance	0.1491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6166 #618A85

analogous

#8A617A #8A6166 #8A7061

triadic

#8A6166 #668A61 #61668A

tetradic

#8A6166 #7A8A61 #618A85 #70618A

square

#8A6166 #7A8A61 #618A85 #70618A

split-complementary

#8A6166 #618A70 #617A8A

monochromatic

#422E31 #66484B #8A6166 #A78186 #C0A5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#8A6166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#8A6166 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6166

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6166	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686766

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716F65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#925E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 97, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.054 10.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad8e91',
    500: '#8a6166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6166;
$custom-light: #ad8e91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.683,
    "s": 17.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53696,
    "c": 0.05381,
    "h": 10.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6166

secondary

#98AFAC

accent

#BAB16E

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F4F0F0

border

#CECBCB

text

#100C0C

muted

#7F7D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6166

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

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