#8B4E4E#8B4E4E

#8B4E4E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.082 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4E4E
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 78)
HSL	hsl(0, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(0, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 43.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.39, 25.61, 11.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.39, 27.97, 23.74°)
OKLab	oklab(49.59% 0.0772 0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(49.59% 0.082 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.7478, 11.4891, 8.6472)
Luminance	0.1149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4E4E #4E8B8B

analogous

#8B4E6C #8B4E4E #8B6C4E

triadic

#8B4E4E #4E8B4E #4E4E8B

tetradic

#8B4E4E #6C8B4E #4E8B8B #6C4E8B

square

#8B4E4E #6C8B4E #4E8B8B #6C4E8B

split-complementary

#8B4E4E #4E8B6C #4E6C8B

monochromatic

#3D2222 #643838 #8B4E4E #AC6B6B #C29292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#8B4E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#8B4E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4E4E

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4E4E	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B584E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A644D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96464E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.082 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af807f',
    500: '#8b4e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4e4e;
$custom-light: #af807f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49593,
    "c": 0.08242,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4E4E

secondary

#87AEAE

accent

#C4C463

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEEE

border

#D0C9C9

text

#110A0A

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4E4E

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

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