#8B4B4E#8B4B4E

#8B4B4E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.087 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4B4E
RGB	rgb(139, 75, 78)
HSL	hsl(357, 30%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(357, 46%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 43.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.70, 27.31, 10.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.70, 29.19, 20.67°)
OKLab	oklab(49.07% 0.0825 0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(49.07% 0.087 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.5395, 11.0725, 8.5777)
Luminance	0.1107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4B4E #4B8B88

analogous

#8B4B6E #8B4B4E #8B684B

triadic

#8B4B4E #4E8B4B #4B4E8B

tetradic

#8B4B4E #6E8B4B #4B8B88 #684B8B

square

#8B4B4E #6E8B4B #4B8B88 #684B8B

split-complementary

#8B4B4E #4B8B68 #4B6E8B

monochromatic

#3B2021 #633638 #8B4B4E #AD666A #C28E91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#8B4B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#8B4B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4B4E

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4B4E	1.00	6.53	3.21	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58564E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68624D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96434C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 75, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.087 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07e7f',
    500: '#8b4b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4b4e;
$custom-light: #b07e7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.188,
    "s": 29.907,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49067,
    "c": 0.08659,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4B4E

secondary

#84AEAC

accent

#C6C162

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEEE

border

#D0C9C9

text

#110A0A

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4B4E

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

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