#8A7974#8A7974

#8A7974 is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.022 H 37.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7974
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 116)
HSL	hsl(14, 9%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(14, 16%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 15.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.22, 5.66, 5.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.22, 7.65, 42.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% 0.018 0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.022 37)
XYZ	xyz(20.4709, 20.3395, 19.3672)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7974 #74858A

analogous

#8A747A #8A7974 #8A8474

triadic

#8A7974 #748A79 #79748A

tetradic

#8A7974 #7A8A74 #74858A #84748A

square

#8A7974 #7A8A74 #74858A #84748A

split-complementary

#8A7974 #748A84 #747A8A

monochromatic

#473F3C #695C58 #8A7974 #A69995 #C2B9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#8A7974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#8A7974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7974

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7974	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7B74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817E74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.022 37.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9f9c',
    500: '#8a7974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7974;
$custom-light: #ac9f9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.636,
    "s": 8.661,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59024,
    "c": 0.02248,
    "h": 37
  },
  "luminance": 0.20339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7974

secondary

#A8B0B2

accent

#A4B276

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F2F2

border

#CECCCC

text

#100E0E

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7974

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

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