#8A686A#8A686A

#8A686A is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.044 H 14.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A686A
RGB	rgb(138, 104, 106)
HSL	hsl(356, 14%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(356, 25%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 23.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.42, 13.93, 4.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.42, 14.54, 16.67°)
OKLab	oklab(55.21% 0.0424 0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(55.21% 0.044 14.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.0333, 16.3453, 15.8380)
Luminance	0.1635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A686A #688A88

analogous

#8A687B #8A686A #8A7768

triadic

#8A686A #6A8A68 #686A8A

tetradic

#8A686A #7B8A68 #688A88 #77688A

square

#8A686A #7B8A68 #688A88 #77688A

split-complementary

#8A686A #688A77 #687B8A

monochromatic

#443334 #674E4F #8A686A #A6898B #C0ACAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#8A686A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#8A686A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A686A

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A686A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A686A	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6D6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916569

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a686a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 104, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.044 14.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9394',
    500: '#8a686a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a686a;
$custom-light: #ad9394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a686a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 14.05,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55207,
    "c": 0.04381,
    "h": 14.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A686A

secondary

#9EB0AF

accent

#B7B371

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F1F1

border

#CECBCB

text

#100D0D

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A686A

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

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