#8B4E53#8B4E53

#8B4E53 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.082 H 15.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4E53
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 83)
HSL	hsl(355, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(355, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 40.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.51, 26.21, 8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.51, 27.50, 17.65°)
OKLab	oklab(49.73% 0.0794 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(49.73% 0.082 15.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.9339, 11.5636, 9.6274)
Luminance	0.1156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4E53 #4E8B86

analogous

#8B4E71 #8B4E53 #8B674E

triadic

#8B4E53 #538B4E #4E538B

tetradic

#8B4E53 #718B4E #4E8B86 #674E8B

square

#8B4E53 #718B4E #4E8B86 #674E8B

split-complementary

#8B4E53 #4E8B67 #4E718B

monochromatic

#3D2224 #64383C #8B4E53 #AC6B70 #C29296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#8B4E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8B4E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4E53

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4E53	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#964750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.082 15.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8183',
    500: '#8b4e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4e53;
$custom-light: #af8183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.082,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49726,
    "c": 0.08225,
    "h": 15.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4E53

secondary

#87AEAB

accent

#C4BC63

background

#FBF7F8

surface

#F6EEEF

border

#D0C9CA

text

#110A0A

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4E53

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →