#8A696E#8A696E

#8A696E is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.043 H 8.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A696E
RGB	rgb(138, 105, 110)
HSL	hsl(351, 14%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(351, 24%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 20.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 13.99, 2.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 14.18, 9.38°)
OKLab	oklab(55.53% 0.0423 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(55.53% 0.043 8.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.3474, 16.6330, 16.9929)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A696E #698A85

analogous

#8A697E #8A696E #8A7469

triadic

#8A696E #6E8A69 #696E8A

tetradic

#8A696E #7E8A69 #698A85 #74698A

square

#8A696E #7E8A69 #698A85 #74698A

split-complementary

#8A696E #698A74 #697E8A

monochromatic

#443437 #674F52 #8A696E #A68A8E #C1ADB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#8A696E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#8A696E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A696E

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A696E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A696E	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6E6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75746D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90676B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a696e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 105, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.043 8.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9497',
    500: '#8a696e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a696e;
$custom-light: #ac9497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a696e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.909,
    "s": 13.58,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55529,
    "c": 0.0428,
    "h": 8.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A696E

secondary

#9FB0AD

accent

#B6AC71

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F1F2

border

#CECBCC

text

#100D0D

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A696E

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

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