#8A656D#8A656D

#8A656D is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.049 H 4.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A656D
RGB	rgb(138, 101, 109)
HSL	hsl(347, 15%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(347, 27%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 21%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.73, 16.18, 1.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.73, 16.24, 4.83°)
OKLab	oklab(54.7% 0.0488 0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(54.7% 0.049 4.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8954, 15.8156, 16.5751)
Luminance	0.1582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A656D #658A82

analogous

#8A6580 #8A656D #8A7065

triadic

#8A656D #6D8A65 #656D8A

tetradic

#8A656D #808A65 #658A82 #70658A

square

#8A656D #808A65 #658A82 #70658A

split-complementary

#8A656D #658A70 #65808A

monochromatic

#433135 #674B51 #8A656D #A6868D #C0A9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#8A656D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#8A656D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A656D

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A656D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A656D	1.00	5.04	4.16	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6B6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73716C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916368

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a656d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 101, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.049 4.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9196',
    500: '#8a656d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a656d;
$custom-light: #ad9196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a656d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.027,
    "s": 15.481,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54699,
    "c": 0.04894,
    "h": 4.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A656D

secondary

#9CAFAB

accent

#B8A970

background

#FAF8F9

surface

#F4F0F2

border

#CECBCC

text

#100C0D

muted

#7F7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A656D

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

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