#8B6056#8B6056

#8B6056 is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.059 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6056
RGB	rgb(139, 96, 86)
HSL	hsl(11, 24%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(11, 38%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 38.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.98, 16.14, 12.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.98, 20.56, 38.29°)
OKLab	oklab(53.18% 0.049 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(53.18% 0.059 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.5106, 14.5277, 10.7368)
Luminance	0.1453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6056 #56818B

analogous

#8B5667 #8B6056 #8B7B56

triadic

#8B6056 #568B60 #60568B

tetradic

#8B6056 #678B56 #56818B #7B568B

square

#8B6056 #678B56 #56818B #7B568B

split-complementary

#8B6056 #568B7B #56678B

monochromatic

#3F2C27 #65463F #8B6056 #A97F75 #C1A29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#8B6056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#8B6056 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6056

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6056	1.00	5.38	3.91	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746E56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#955A5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 96, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.059 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8d85',
    500: '#8b6056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6056;
$custom-light: #ae8d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.321,
    "s": 23.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53179,
    "c": 0.0588,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6056

secondary

#8EA8AE

accent

#AFC068

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F5F0EF

border

#CFCBCA

text

#100C0B

muted

#7F7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6056

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

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