#8A7272#8A7272

#8A7272 is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.030 H 18.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7272
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 114)
HSL	hsl(0, 10%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(0, 17%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 17.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.28, 9.39, 3.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.28, 10.03, 20.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.49% 0.0288 0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(57.49% 0.03 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5358, 18.6534, 18.4877)
Luminance	0.1865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7272 #728A8A

analogous

#8A727E #8A7272 #8A7E72

triadic

#8A7272 #728A72 #72728A

tetradic

#8A7272 #7E8A72 #728A8A #7E728A

square

#8A7272 #7E8A72 #728A8A #7E728A

split-complementary

#8A7272 #728A7E #727E8A

monochromatic

#473B3B #685656 #8A7272 #A69393 #C2B5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#8A7272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#8A7272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7272

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7272	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767572

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7972

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7072

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.030 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9a9a',
    500: '#8a7272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7272;
$custom-light: #ac9a9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57494,
    "c": 0.03025,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7272

secondary

#A6B1B1

accent

#B3B375

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F2F2

border

#CECCCC

text

#100E0E

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7272

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

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