#8B6059#8B6059

#8B6059 is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.058 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6059
RGB	rgb(139, 96, 89)
HSL	hsl(8, 22%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(8, 36%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 36%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.05, 16.53, 11.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.05, 19.87, 33.71°)
OKLab	oklab(53.26% 0.0503 0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(53.26% 0.058 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.6341, 14.5771, 11.3868)
Luminance	0.1458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6059 #59848B

analogous

#8B596B #8B6059 #8B7959

triadic

#8B6059 #598B60 #60598B

tetradic

#8B6059 #6B8B59 #59848B #79598B

square

#8B6059 #6B8B59 #59848B #79598B

split-complementary

#8B6059 #598B79 #596B8B

monochromatic

#402C29 #664641 #8B6059 #A97F78 #C1A39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#8B6059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#8B6059 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6059

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6059	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736E59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#945A5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 96, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.058 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8d87',
    500: '#8b6059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6059;
$custom-light: #ae8d87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.4,
    "s": 21.93,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53255,
    "c": 0.05773,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6059

secondary

#91AAAE

accent

#B3BE69

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F5F0EF

border

#CFCBCA

text

#100C0B

muted

#7F7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6059

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

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