#8B565A#8B565A

#8B565A is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.071 H 14.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B565A
RGB	rgb(139, 86, 90)
HSL	hsl(355, 24%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(355, 38%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.1%, 35.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.59, 22.51, 6.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.59, 23.56, 17.18°)
OKLab	oklab(51.37% 0.0683 0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(51.37% 0.071 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.8213, 12.8839, 11.3244)
Luminance	0.1288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B565A #568B87

analogous

#8B5675 #8B565A #8B6D56

triadic

#8B565A #5A8B56 #565A8B

tetradic

#8B565A #758B56 #568B87 #6D568B

square

#8B565A #758B56 #568B87 #6D568B

split-complementary

#8B565A #568B6D #56758B

monochromatic

#3F2729 #653F42 #8B565A #A97579 #C19B9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#8B565A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#8B565A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B565A

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B565A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B565A	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605E5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#955158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b565a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 86, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.071 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8688',
    500: '#8b565a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b565a;
$custom-light: #ae8688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b565a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.472,
    "s": 23.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51369,
    "c": 0.07067,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B565A

secondary

#8EAEAC

accent

#C0B968

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F5EFEF

border

#CFCACA

text

#110B0B

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B565A

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

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