#8B5359#8B5359

#8B5359 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.075 H 13.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5359
RGB	rgb(139, 83, 89)
HSL	hsl(354, 25%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(354, 40%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 36%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.84, 24.11, 6.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.84, 24.98, 15.11°)
OKLab	oklab(50.79% 0.0731 0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(50.79% 0.075 13.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.5445, 12.3980, 11.0236)
Luminance	0.1240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5359 #538B85

analogous

#8B5375 #8B5359 #8B6953

triadic

#8B5359 #598B53 #53598B

tetradic

#8B5359 #758B53 #538B85 #69538B

square

#8B5359 #758B53 #538B85 #69538B

split-complementary

#8B5359 #538B69 #53758B

monochromatic

#3E2528 #653C40 #8B5359 #AA7177 #C1979C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#8B5359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#8B5359 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5359

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5359	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5C59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#954D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 83, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.075 13.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8487',
    500: '#8b5359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5359;
$custom-light: #af8487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.571,
    "s": 25.225,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5079,
    "c": 0.07509,
    "h": 13.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5359

secondary

#8CAEAB

accent

#C2B866

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F5EFEF

border

#CFCACA

text

#110B0B

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5359

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

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