#8B6057#8B6057

#8B6057 is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.058 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6057
RGB	rgb(139, 96, 87)
HSL	hsl(10, 23%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(10, 37%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 37.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.00, 16.27, 12.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.00, 20.32, 36.80°)
OKLab	oklab(53.2% 0.0494 0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(53.2% 0.058 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.5512, 14.5439, 10.9505)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6057 #57828B

analogous

#8B5768 #8B6057 #8B7A57

triadic

#8B6057 #578B60 #60578B

tetradic

#8B6057 #688B57 #57828B #7A578B

square

#8B6057 #688B57 #57828B #7A578B

split-complementary

#8B6057 #578B7A #57688B

monochromatic

#402C28 #65463F #8B6057 #A97F76 #C1A29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#8B6057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#8B6057 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6057

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6057	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746E57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#945A5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 96, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.058 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8d86',
    500: '#8b6057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6057;
$custom-light: #ae8d86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.385,
    "s": 23.009,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53204,
    "c": 0.05841,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6057

secondary

#8FA9AE

accent

#B0BF68

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F5F0EF

border

#CFCBCA

text

#100C0B

muted

#7F7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6057

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

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