#8A7873#8A7873

#8A7873 is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.024 H 36.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7873
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 115)
HSL	hsl(13, 9%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(13, 17%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 16.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.92, 6.07, 5.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.92, 8.06, 41.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% 0.0192 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.024 36)
XYZ	xyz(20.2921, 20.0745, 19.0222)
Luminance	0.2007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7873 #73858A

analogous

#8A737A #8A7873 #8A8473

triadic

#8A7873 #738A78 #78738A

tetradic

#8A7873 #7A8A73 #73858A #84738A

square

#8A7873 #7A8A73 #73858A #84738A

split-complementary

#8A7873 #738A84 #737A8A

monochromatic

#473E3B #695B57 #8A7873 #A69894 #C2B8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#8A7873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#8A7873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7873

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7873	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7A73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807D73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.024 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9f9b',
    500: '#8a7873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7873;
$custom-light: #ac9f9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.043,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58783,
    "c": 0.02371,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.20074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7873

secondary

#A7AFB2

accent

#A5B276

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F2F2

border

#CECCCC

text

#100E0E

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7873

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

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