#8B424A#8B424A

#8B424A is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.099 H 14.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B424A
RGB	rgb(139, 66, 74)
HSL	hsl(353, 36%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(353, 53%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 46.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.63, 31.84, 9.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.63, 33.35, 17.29°)
OKLab	oklab(47.46% 0.0962 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(47.46% 0.099 14.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.8326, 9.8813, 7.6560)
Luminance	0.0988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B424A #428B83

analogous

#8B426E #8B424A #8B5F42

triadic

#8B424A #4A8B42 #424A8B

tetradic

#8B424A #6E8B42 #428B83 #5F428B

square

#8B424A #6E8B42 #428B83 #5F428B

split-complementary

#8B424A #428B5F #426E8B

monochromatic

#381B1E #622E34 #8B424A #B15A63 #C4838A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#8B424A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#8B424A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B424A

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B424A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B424A	1.00	7.06	2.98	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514F4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645E48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#973945

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b424a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 66, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.099 14.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0787c',
    500: '#8b424a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b424a;
$custom-light: #b0787c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b424a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.425,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47461,
    "c": 0.09949,
    "h": 14.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B424A

secondary

#7AAFA9

accent

#CCBF5C

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EDEE

border

#D0C8C9

text

#110909

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B424A

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

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