#8B656D#8B656D

#8B656D is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.050 H 4.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B656D
RGB	rgb(139, 101, 109)
HSL	hsl(347, 16%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(347, 27%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 21.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.84, 16.58, 1.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.84, 16.65, 5.33°)
OKLab	oklab(54.81% 0.05 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(54.81% 0.05 4.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.0616, 15.9013, 16.5829)
Luminance	0.1590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B656D #658B83

analogous

#8B6580 #8B656D #8B7065

triadic

#8B656D #6D8B65 #656D8B

tetradic

#8B656D #808B65 #658B83 #70658B

square

#8B656D #808B65 #658B83 #70658B

split-complementary

#8B656D #658B70 #65808B

monochromatic

#443135 #684B51 #8B656D #A7868D #C1AAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#8B656D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#8B656D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B656D

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B656D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B656D	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6B6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73726C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#926368

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b656d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 101, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.050 4.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9196',
    500: '#8b656d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b656d;
$custom-light: #ad9196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b656d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.368,
    "s": 15.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54812,
    "c": 0.0502,
    "h": 4.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B656D

secondary

#9CB0AC

accent

#B9A96F

background

#FAF8F9

surface

#F4F0F2

border

#CECBCC

text

#100C0D

muted

#7F7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B656D

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

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