#8A656E#8A656E

#8A656E is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.049 H 2.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A656E
RGB	rgb(138, 101, 110)
HSL	hsl(345, 15%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(345, 27%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 20.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.76, 16.34, 0.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.76, 16.36, 2.83°)
OKLab	oklab(54.73% 0.0492 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(54.73% 0.049 2.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9495, 15.8373, 16.8603)
Luminance	0.1584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A656E #658A81

analogous

#8A6581 #8A656E #8A6F65

triadic

#8A656E #6E8A65 #656E8A

tetradic

#8A656E #818A65 #658A81 #6F658A

square

#8A656E #818A65 #658A81 #6F658A

split-complementary

#8A656E #658A6F #65818A

monochromatic

#433136 #674B52 #8A656E #A6868E #C0A9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#8A656E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#8A656E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A656E

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A656E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A656E	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6B6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72716D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916368

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a656e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 101, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.049 2.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9197',
    500: '#8a656e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a656e;
$custom-light: #ad9197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a656e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.405,
    "s": 15.481,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5473,
    "c": 0.04925,
    "h": 2.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A656E

secondary

#9CAFAA

accent

#B8A770

background

#FAF8F9

surface

#F4F0F2

border

#CECBCC

text

#100C0D

muted

#7F7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A656E

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

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