#8B535B#8B535B

#8B535B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.075 H 10.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B535B
RGB	rgb(139, 83, 91)
HSL	hsl(351, 25%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(351, 40%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 34.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.89, 24.38, 5.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.89, 24.97, 12.39°)
OKLab	oklab(50.85% 0.074 0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(50.85% 0.075 10.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.6296, 12.4320, 11.4719)
Luminance	0.1243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B535B #538B83

analogous

#8B5377 #8B535B #8B6753

triadic

#8B535B #5B8B53 #535B8B

tetradic

#8B535B #778B53 #538B83 #67538B

square

#8B535B #778B53 #538B83 #67538B

split-complementary

#8B535B #538B67 #53778B

monochromatic

#3E2529 #653C42 #8B535B #AA7179 #C1979D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#8B535B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#8B535B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B535B

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B535B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B535B	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5C5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A675A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#954E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b535b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 83, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.075 10.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8489',
    500: '#8b535b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b535b;
$custom-light: #af8489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b535b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 25.225,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50848,
    "c": 0.0753,
    "h": 10.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B535B

secondary

#8CAEA9

accent

#C2B566

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F5EFF0

border

#CFCACB

text

#110B0B

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B535B

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

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