#8B554B#8B554B

#8B554B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.074 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B554B
RGB	rgb(139, 85, 75)
HSL	hsl(9, 30%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(9, 46%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 46%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.99, 21.23, 15.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.99, 26.17, 35.77°)
OKLab	oklab(50.8% 0.0636 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(50.8% 0.074 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.1668, 12.4952, 8.2683)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B554B #4B818B

analogous

#8B4B61 #8B554B #8B754B

triadic

#8B554B #4B8B55 #554B8B

tetradic

#8B554B #618B4B #4B818B #754B8B

square

#8B554B #618B4B #4B818B #754B8B

split-complementary

#8B554B #4B8B75 #4B618B

monochromatic

#3B2420 #633D36 #8B554B #AD7166 #C2968E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#8B554B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#8B554B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B554B

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B554B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B554B	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615C4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E674A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#964D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b554b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 85, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.074 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af857d',
    500: '#8b554b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b554b;
$custom-light: #af857d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b554b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.375,
    "s": 29.907,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50797,
    "c": 0.07434,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B554B

secondary

#84A8AE

accent

#B6C662

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFEE

border

#D0CAC9

text

#110B09

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B554B

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

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