#8A736E#8A736E

#8A736E is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.030 H 32.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A736E
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 110)
HSL	hsl(11, 11%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(11, 20%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 20.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, 8.14, 6.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 10.18, 36.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.59% 0.0254 0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(57.59% 0.03 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.4265, 18.7912, 17.3526)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A736E #6E858A

analogous

#8A6E77 #8A736E #8A816E

triadic

#8A736E #6E8A73 #736E8A

tetradic

#8A736E #778A6E #6E858A #816E8A

square

#8A736E #778A6E #6E858A #816E8A

split-complementary

#8A736E #6E8A81 #6E778A

monochromatic

#463A38 #685753 #8A736E #A6938F #C1B4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8A736E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#8A736E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A736E

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A736E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A736E	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78756E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7A6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907072

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a736e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.030 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9b97',
    500: '#8a736e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a736e;
$custom-light: #ac9b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a736e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.714,
    "s": 11.29,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57586,
    "c": 0.03003,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A736E

secondary

#A3AEB1

accent

#A9B474

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F2F2

border

#CECCCC

text

#100E0D

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A736E

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

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