#8B554E#8B554E

#8B554E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.073 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B554E
RGBrgb(139, 85, 78)
HSLhsl(7, 28%, 43%)
HSVhsv(7, 44%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 38.8%, 43.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(42.06, 21.58, 13.56)
CIE-LCHlch(42.06, 25.48, 32.14°)
OKLaboklab(50.87% 0.0649 0.0344)
OKLCHoklch(50.87% 0.073 27.9)
XYZxyz(15.2719, 12.5373, 8.8219)
Luminance0.1254 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B554E #4E848B
analogous
#8B4E66 #8B554E #8B734E
triadic
#8B554E #4E8B55 #554E8B
tetradic
#8B554E #668B4E #4E848B #734E8B
square
#8B554E #668B4E #4E848B #734E8B
split-complementary
#8B554E #4E8B73 #4E668B
monochromatic
#3D2522 #643D38 #8B554E #AC726B #C29792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99
#8B554E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51
#8B554E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B554E
5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B554E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8B554E1.005.993.515.99
#FFFFFF5.991.0021.001.00
#0000003.5121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.991.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#615D4D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6E674D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#964E53
Achromatopsia (no color)
#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b554e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 85, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.073 27.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af857f',
    500: '#8b554e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b554e;
$custom-light: #af857f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b554e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.885,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50868,
    "c": 0.07345,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B554E
secondary
#87AAAE
accent
#B9C463
background
#FBF8F7
surface
#F6EFEE
border
#D0CAC9
text
#110B0A
muted
#807C7C

Preview Lab

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#8B554E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva