#8B4E44#8B4E44

#8B4E44 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.084 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4E44
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 68)
HSL	hsl(8, 34%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(8, 51%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 51.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.17, 24.52, 17.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.17, 29.90, 34.92°)
OKLab	oklab(49.36% 0.0729 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(49.36% 0.084 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.4162, 11.3565, 6.9005)
Luminance	0.1135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4E44 #44818B

analogous

#8B445D #8B4E44 #8B7144

triadic

#8B4E44 #448B4E #4E448B

tetradic

#8B4E44 #5D8B44 #44818B #71448B

square

#8B4E44 #5D8B44 #44818B #71448B

split-complementary

#8B4E44 #448B71 #445D8B

monochromatic

#39201C #623730 #8B4E44 #B0685D #C48E86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#8B4E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#8B4E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4E44

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4E44	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97454C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.084 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08078',
    500: '#8b4e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4e44;
$custom-light: #b08078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.451,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49356,
    "c": 0.08443,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4E44

secondary

#7CA8AF

accent

#BBCA5D

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEED

border

#D0C9C8

text

#110A08

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4E44

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

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