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#8a4c4d color: Currant Jam

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359°
100%

OKLCH

49.1%
0.084
20°
  • ≈ Marsala
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Soft
  • Warm
  • amber-800
  • Black 46%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text6.52:1 · AALc -87
Black text3.22:1 · Below AALc 22

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About #8a4c4d

#8a4c4d is a soft dark red color. In OKLCH it has 49.1% lightness, 0.084 chroma and a hue of 20°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 6.52:1 contrast and black text 3.22:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Currant Jam (#884a50). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is amber-800.

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Lighter: #8a4c4d mixed with white

  1. 8a4c4d
  2. 965d5d
  3. a26e6e
  4. ae7f7f
  5. ba9190
  6. c6a2a2
  7. d2b4b4
  8. ddc7c6
  9. e8d9d9
  10. f4ecec

Darker: #8a4c4d mixed with black

  1. 8a4c4d
  2. 774142
  3. 653637
  4. 532c2c
  5. 422222
  6. 321818
  7. 220f0f
  8. 140607
  9. 070202
  10. 010000

Calmer: #8a4c4d with less saturation

  1. 8a4c4d
  2. 864e4f
  3. 835151
  4. 7f5353
  5. 7b5555
  6. 775757
  7. 735959
  8. 6e5b5b
  9. 6a5d5d
  10. 655f5f