#8A6D64#8A6D64

#8A6D64 is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.040 H 37.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6D64
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 100)
HSL	hsl(14, 16%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 28%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 27.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.59, 10.06, 9.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.59, 13.77, 43.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.06% 0.0313 0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(56.06% 0.04 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.2504, 17.2615, 14.4246)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6D64 #64818A

analogous

#8A646E #8A6D64 #8A8064

triadic

#8A6D64 #648A6D #6D648A

tetradic

#8A6D64 #6E8A64 #64818A #80648A

square

#8A6D64 #6E8A64 #64818A #80648A

split-complementary

#8A6D64 #648A80 #646E8A

monochromatic

#433531 #67514A #8A6D64 #A68D85 #C0AEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#8A6D64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#8A6D64 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6D64

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6D64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6D64	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747063

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91696B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6d64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.040 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9790',
    500: '#8a6d64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6d64;
$custom-light: #ad9790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6d64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.211,
    "s": 15.966,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5606,
    "c": 0.03963,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6D64

secondary

#9BAAAF

accent

#A7B96F

background

#FAF9F8

surface

#F4F2F0

border

#CECCCB

text

#100D0C

muted

#7F7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6D64

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

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