#8B4E41#8B4E41

#8B4E41 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.085 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4E41
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 65)
HSL	hsl(11, 36%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(11, 53%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 53.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.12, 24.22, 18.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.12, 30.70, 37.91°)
OKLab	oklab(49.29% 0.0716 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(49.29% 0.085 33)
XYZ	xyz(14.3269, 11.3208, 6.4306)
Luminance	0.1132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4E41 #417E8B

analogous

#8B4159 #8B4E41 #8B7341

triadic

#8B4E41 #418B4E #4E418B

tetradic

#8B4E41 #598B41 #417E8B #73418B

square

#8B4E41 #598B41 #417E8B #73418B

split-complementary

#8B4E41 #418B73 #41598B

monochromatic

#381F1A #61372D #8B4E41 #B16858 #C58E82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#8B4E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#8B4E41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4E41

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4E41	1.00	6.43	3.26	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97444B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.085 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08075',
    500: '#8b4e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4e41;
$custom-light: #b08075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.541,
    "s": 36.275,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49291,
    "c": 0.0854,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.11319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4E41

secondary

#79A6AF

accent

#B8CC5C

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEED

border

#D0C9C8

text

#110A08

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4E41

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

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