#8B554A#8B554A

#8B554A is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.075 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B554A
RGB	rgb(139, 85, 74)
HSL	hsl(10, 31%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(10, 47%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 46.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.97, 21.12, 15.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.97, 26.42, 36.93°)
OKLab	oklab(50.77% 0.0632 0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(50.77% 0.075 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.1328, 12.4817, 8.0894)
Luminance	0.1248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B554A #4A808B

analogous

#8B4A60 #8B554A #8B764A

triadic

#8B554A #4A8B55 #554A8B

tetradic

#8B554A #608B4A #4A808B #764A8B

square

#8B554A #608B4A #4A808B #764A8B

split-complementary

#8B554A #4A8B76 #4A608B

monochromatic

#3B241F #633D35 #8B554A #AD7165 #C2968D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#8B554A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#8B554A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B554A

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B554A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B554A	1.00	6.01	3.50	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625C49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#964D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b554a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 85, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.075 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af857c',
    500: '#8b554a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b554a;
$custom-light: #af857c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b554a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.154,
    "s": 30.516,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50774,
    "c": 0.07469,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B554A

secondary

#82A7AE

accent

#B6C761

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFEE

border

#D0CAC9

text

#110B09

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B554A

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

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