#8A686E#8A686E

#8A686E is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.044 H 6.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A686E
RGB	rgb(138, 104, 110)
HSL	hsl(349, 14%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(349, 25%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 20.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.53, 14.58, 1.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.53, 14.71, 7.56°)
OKLab	oklab(55.33% 0.0441 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(55.33% 0.044 6.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.2461, 16.4305, 16.9591)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A686E #688A84

analogous

#8A687F #8A686E #8A7368

triadic

#8A686E #6E8A68 #686E8A

tetradic

#8A686E #7F8A68 #688A84 #73688A

square

#8A686E #7F8A68 #688A84 #73688A

split-complementary

#8A686E #688A73 #687F8A

monochromatic

#443336 #674E52 #8A686E #A6898E #C0ACB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#8A686E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#8A686E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A686E

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A686E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A686E	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75736D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90666A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a686e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 104, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.044 6.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9397',
    500: '#8a686e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a686e;
$custom-light: #ac9397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a686e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.412,
    "s": 14.05,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55328,
    "c": 0.04437,
    "h": 6.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A686E

secondary

#9EB0AD

accent

#B7AB71

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F1F2

border

#CECBCC

text

#100D0D

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A686E

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

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