#8A686C#8A686C

#8A686C is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.044 H 10.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A686C
RGB	rgb(138, 104, 108)
HSL	hsl(353, 14%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(353, 25%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 21.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.48, 14.25, 3.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.48, 14.57, 12.08°)
OKLab	oklab(55.27% 0.0432 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(55.27% 0.044 10.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.1385, 16.3874, 16.3921)
Luminance	0.1639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A686C #688A86

analogous

#8A687D #8A686C #8A7568

triadic

#8A686C #6C8A68 #686C8A

tetradic

#8A686C #7D8A68 #688A86 #75688A

square

#8A686C #7D8A68 #688A86 #75688A

split-complementary

#8A686C #688A75 #687D8A

monochromatic

#443335 #674E51 #8A686C #A6898C #C0ACAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#8A686C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#8A686C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A686C

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A686C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A686C	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6D6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75736B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916569

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a686c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 104, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.044 10.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9396',
    500: '#8a686c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a686c;
$custom-light: #ad9396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a686c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.941,
    "s": 14.05,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55267,
    "c": 0.044,
    "h": 10.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A686C

secondary

#9EB0AE

accent

#B7AF71

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F1F1

border

#CECBCB

text

#100D0D

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A686C

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

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