#8B4B59#8B4B59

#8B4B59 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.088 H 6.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4B59
RGB	rgb(139, 75, 89)
HSL	hsl(347, 30%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(347, 46%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 36%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.99, 28.68, 3.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.99, 28.94, 7.67°)
OKLab	oklab(49.38% 0.087 0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(49.38% 0.088 6.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.9674, 11.2437, 10.8312)
Luminance	0.1124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4B59 #4B8B7D

analogous

#8B4B79 #8B4B59 #8B5D4B

triadic

#8B4B59 #598B4B #4B598B

tetradic

#8B4B59 #798B4B #4B8B7D #5D4B8B

square

#8B4B59 #798B4B #4B8B7D #5D4B8B

split-complementary

#8B4B59 #4B8B5D #4B798B

monochromatic

#3B2026 #633640 #8B4B59 #AD6676 #C28E9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#8B4B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#8B4B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4B59

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4B59	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#954550

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 75, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.088 6.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7f87',
    500: '#8b4b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4b59;
$custom-light: #af7f87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.875,
    "s": 29.907,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49378,
    "c": 0.08764,
    "h": 6.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4B59

secondary

#84AEA5

accent

#C6B062

background

#FBF7F8

surface

#F6EEEF

border

#D0C9CA

text

#110A0B

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4B59

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

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