#8B453E#8B453E

#8B453E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.097 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B453E
RGB	rgb(139, 69, 62)
HSL	hsl(5, 38%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(5, 55%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.4%, 55.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.01, 29.01, 17.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.01, 34.10, 31.72°)
OKLab	oklab(47.67% 0.086 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(47.67% 0.097 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.6461, 10.0945, 5.7863)
Luminance	0.1009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B453E #3E848B

analogous

#8B3E5E #8B453E #8B6C3E

triadic

#8B453E #3E8B45 #453E8B

tetradic

#8B453E #5E8B3E #3E848B #6C3E8B

square

#8B453E #5E8B3E #3E848B #6C3E8B

split-complementary

#8B453E #3E8B6C #3E5E8B

monochromatic

#361B18 #61302B #8B453E #B35C54 #C5847E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#8B453E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#8B453E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B453E

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B453E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B453E	1.00	6.96	3.02	6.96
#FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56503D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#973A44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b453e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 69, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.097 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17a73',
    500: '#8b453e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b453e;
$custom-light: #b17a73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b453e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 38.308,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47666,
    "c": 0.09665,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B453E

secondary

#75AAB0

accent

#C4CE5A

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EEEC

border

#D0C9C7

text

#110908

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B453E

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

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