#8A736C#8A736C

#8A736C is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.031 H 37.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A736C
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 108)
HSL	hsl(14, 12%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 22%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 21.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.39, 7.81, 7.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.39, 10.64, 42.78°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% 0.0245 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.031 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.3188, 18.7481, 16.7856)
Luminance	0.1875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A736C #6C838A

analogous

#8A6C74 #8A736C #8A826C

triadic

#8A736C #6C8A73 #736C8A

tetradic

#8A736C #748A6C #6C838A #826C8A

square

#8A736C #748A6C #6C838A #826C8A

split-complementary

#8A736C #6C8A82 #6C748A

monochromatic

#453A36 #685651 #8A736C #A6938D #C1B4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#8A736C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#8A736C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A736C

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A736C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A736C	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78756C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907071

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a736c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.031 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9b96',
    500: '#8a736c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a736c;
$custom-light: #ac9b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a736c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14,
    "s": 12.195,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5753,
    "c": 0.03095,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A736C

secondary

#A2ADB0

accent

#A6B573

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F2F1

border

#CECCCB

text

#100E0D

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A736C

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

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