#8A696C#8A696C

#8A696C is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.043 H 12.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A696C
RGB	rgb(138, 105, 108)
HSL	hsl(355, 14%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(355, 24%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 21.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.74, 13.66, 3.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.74, 14.09, 14.08°)
OKLab	oklab(55.47% 0.0415 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(55.47% 0.043 12.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.2397, 16.5899, 16.4259)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A696C #698A87

analogous

#8A697D #8A696C #8A7669

triadic

#8A696C #6C8A69 #696C8A

tetradic

#8A696C #7D8A69 #698A87 #76698A

square

#8A696C #7D8A69 #698A87 #76698A

split-complementary

#8A696C #698A76 #697D8A

monochromatic

#443436 #674F51 #8A696C #A68A8D #C1ADAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#8A696C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#8A696C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A696C

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A696C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A696C	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6E6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76746B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91666A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a696c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 105, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.043 12.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9496',
    500: '#8a696c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a696c;
$custom-light: #ac9496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a696c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 13.58,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55468,
    "c": 0.04251,
    "h": 12.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A696C

secondary

#9FB0AE

accent

#B6B071

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F1F1

border

#CECBCB

text

#100D0D

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A696C

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

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