#8B5259#8B5259

#8B5259 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.077 H 12.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5259
RGB	rgb(139, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(353, 26%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(353, 41%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41%, 36%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.60, 24.69, 6.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.60, 25.45, 14.04°)
OKLab	oklab(50.61% 0.0749 0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(50.61% 0.077 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.4686, 12.2461, 10.9983)
Luminance	0.1225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5259 #528B84

analogous

#8B5275 #8B5259 #8B6752

triadic

#8B5259 #598B52 #52598B

tetradic

#8B5259 #758B52 #528B84 #67528B

square

#8B5259 #758B52 #528B84 #67528B

split-complementary

#8B5259 #528B67 #52758B

monochromatic

#3E2528 #653B40 #8B5259 #AA7077 #C1969B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#8B5259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#8B5259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5259

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5259	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5C59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#954C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.077 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8387',
    500: '#8b5259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5259;
$custom-light: #af8387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.632,
    "s": 25.792,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50609,
    "c": 0.07661,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5259

secondary

#8BAEAA

accent

#C2B766

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F5EFEF

border

#CFCACA

text

#110B0B

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5259

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

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