#8B453C#8B453C

#8B453C is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.097 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B453C
RGB	rgb(139, 69, 60)
HSL	hsl(7, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(7, 57%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.4%, 56.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.97, 28.83, 19.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.97, 34.59, 33.55°)
OKLab	oklab(47.62% 0.0851 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(47.62% 0.097 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.5922, 10.0729, 5.5026)
Luminance	0.1007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B453C #3C828B

analogous

#8B3C5B #8B453C #8B6D3C

triadic

#8B453C #3C8B45 #453C8B

tetradic

#8B453C #5B8B3C #3C828B #6D3C8B

square

#8B453C #5B8B3C #3C828B #6D3C8B

split-complementary

#8B453C #3C8B6D #3C5B8B

monochromatic

#361B17 #60302A #8B453C #B45C51 #C6847B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.97

#8B453C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#8B453C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B453C

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B453C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B453C	1.00	6.97	3.01	6.97
#FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56503B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#973A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b453c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 69, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.097 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17a71',
    500: '#8b453c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b453c;
$custom-light: #b17a71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b453c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.835,
    "s": 39.698,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47624,
    "c": 0.09713,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B453C

secondary

#73A9B0

accent

#C2D058

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EEEC

border

#D0C9C7

text

#110907

muted

#807B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B453C

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

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