#8A696B#8A696B

#8A696B is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.042 H 14.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A696B
RGB	rgb(138, 105, 107)
HSL	hsl(356, 14%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(356, 24%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 22.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.71, 13.50, 3.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.71, 14.08, 16.45°)
OKLab	oklab(55.44% 0.0411 0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(55.44% 0.042 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.1868, 16.5688, 16.1472)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A696B #698A88

analogous

#8A697B #8A696B #8A7869

triadic

#8A696B #6B8A69 #696B8A

tetradic

#8A696B #7B8A69 #698A88 #78698A

square

#8A696B #7B8A69 #698A88 #78698A

split-complementary

#8A696B #698A78 #697B8A

monochromatic

#443435 #674F50 #8A696B #A68A8C #C1ADAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#8A696B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#8A696B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A696B

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A696B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A696B	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6E6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76746A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91666A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a696b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 105, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.042 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9495',
    500: '#8a696b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a696b;
$custom-light: #ac9495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a696b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.364,
    "s": 13.58,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55439,
    "c": 0.04245,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A696B

secondary

#9FB0AF

accent

#B6B271

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F1F1

border

#CECBCB

text

#100D0D

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A696B

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

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