#8A7579#8A7579

#8A7579 is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.027 H 5.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7579
RGB	rgb(138, 117, 121)
HSL	hsl(349, 8%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(349, 15%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 12.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.28, 8.86, 0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.28, 8.90, 5.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% 0.0267 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.027 5)
XYZ	xyz(20.2935, 19.5069, 20.7816)
Luminance	0.1951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7579 #758A86

analogous

#8A7584 #8A7579 #8A7B75

triadic

#8A7579 #798A75 #75798A

tetradic

#8A7579 #848A75 #758A86 #7B758A

square

#8A7579 #848A75 #758A86 #7B758A

split-complementary

#8A7579 #758A7B #75848A

monochromatic

#483D3F #69595C #8A7579 #A69699 #C2B7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#8A7579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#8A7579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7579

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7579	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787879

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7C79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 117, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.027 5.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9c9f',
    500: '#8a7579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7579;
$custom-light: #ac9c9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.571,
    "s": 8.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58333,
    "c": 0.02676,
    "h": 5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7579

secondary

#A9B2B0

accent

#B1A677

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F2F2

border

#CECCCC

text

#100E0E

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7579

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

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