#8B424B#8B424B

#8B424B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.100 H 13.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B424B
RGB	rgb(139, 66, 75)
HSL	hsl(353, 36%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(353, 53%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 46%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.65, 31.95, 9.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.65, 33.29, 16.26°)
OKLab	oklab(47.49% 0.0966 0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(47.49% 0.1 13.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.8666, 9.8948, 7.8349)
Luminance	0.0989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B424B #428B82

analogous

#8B426F #8B424B #8B5E42

triadic

#8B424B #4B8B42 #424B8B

tetradic

#8B424B #6F8B42 #428B82 #5E428B

square

#8B424B #6F8B42 #428B82 #5E428B

split-complementary

#8B424B #428B5E #426F8B

monochromatic

#381B1E #622E35 #8B424B #B15A64 #C4838B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#8B424B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#8B424B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B424B

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B424B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B424B	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51504B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635E49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#973945

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b424b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 66, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.100 13.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0787d',
    500: '#8b424b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b424b;
$custom-light: #b0787d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b424b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.603,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47488,
    "c": 0.09954,
    "h": 13.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B424B

secondary

#7AAFA8

accent

#CCBE5C

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EDEE

border

#D0C8C9

text

#110909

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B424B

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

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