#8A736F#8A736F

#8A736F is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.030 H 29.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A736F
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 111)
HSL	hsl(9, 11%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 20%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 19.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.47, 8.30, 5.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.47, 10.00, 33.85°)
OKLab	oklab(57.62% 0.0258 0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(57.62% 0.03 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.4812, 18.8131, 17.6409)
Luminance	0.1881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A736F #6F868A

analogous

#8A6F79 #8A736F #8A816F

triadic

#8A736F #6F8A73 #736F8A

tetradic

#8A736F #798A6F #6F868A #816F8A

square

#8A736F #798A6F #6F868A #816F8A

split-complementary

#8A736F #6F8A81 #6F798A

monochromatic

#463A38 #685754 #8A736F #A69390 #C1B4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8A736F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#8A736F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A736F

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A736F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A736F	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)

#78766F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7A6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907072

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a736f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.030 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9b98',
    500: '#8a736f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a736f;
$custom-light: #ac9b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a736f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.889,
    "s": 10.843,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57615,
    "c": 0.02968,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A736F

secondary

#A4AFB1

accent

#AAB474

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F2F2

border

#CECCCC

text

#100E0D

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A736F

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

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