#8B554D#8B554D

#8B554D is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.074 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B554D
RGB	rgb(139, 85, 77)
HSL	hsl(8, 29%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(8, 45%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 44.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.04, 21.46, 14.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.04, 25.70, 33.37°)
OKLab	oklab(50.84% 0.0645 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(50.84% 0.074 29)
XYZ	xyz(15.2363, 12.5231, 8.6345)
Luminance	0.1252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B554D #4D838B

analogous

#8B4D64 #8B554D #8B744D

triadic

#8B554D #4D8B55 #554D8B

tetradic

#8B554D #648B4D #4D838B #744D8B

square

#8B554D #648B4D #4D838B #744D8B

split-complementary

#8B554D #4D8B74 #4D648B

monochromatic

#3C2521 #643D37 #8B554D #AC7269 #C29791

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#8B554D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#8B554D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B554D

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B554D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B554D	1.00	5.99	3.50	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E674C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#964E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b554d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 85, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.074 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af857e',
    500: '#8b554d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b554d;
$custom-light: #af857e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b554d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.742,
    "s": 28.704,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50844,
    "c": 0.07373,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.12522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B554D

secondary

#86A9AE

accent

#B8C563

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFEE

border

#D0CAC9

text

#110B0A

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B554D

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

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