#8B4E40#8B4E40

#8B4E40 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.086 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4E40
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(11, 54%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 54%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.10, 24.12, 19.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.10, 30.99, 38.87°)
OKLab	oklab(49.27% 0.0712 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(49.27% 0.086 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.2982, 11.3093, 6.2794)
Luminance	0.1131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4E40 #407D8B

analogous

#8B4058 #8B4E40 #8B7440

triadic

#8B4E40 #408B4E #4E408B

tetradic

#8B4E40 #588B40 #407D8B #74408B

square

#8B4E40 #588B40 #407D8B #74408B

split-complementary

#8B4E40 #408B74 #40588B

monochromatic

#371F19 #61362D #8B4E40 #B26857 #C58D81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#8B4E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#8B4E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4E40

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4E40	1.00	6.44	3.26	6.44
#FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D573F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C633F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97444B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.086 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08075',
    500: '#8b4e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4e40;
$custom-light: #b08075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.2,
    "s": 36.946,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49271,
    "c": 0.08576,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4E40

secondary

#78A5AF

accent

#B8CD5B

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEED

border

#D0C9C8

text

#110A08

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4E40

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

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