#8B736F#8B736F

#8B736F is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.031 H 29.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B736F
RGB	rgb(139, 115, 111)
HSL	hsl(9, 11%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 20%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 20.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.57, 8.70, 5.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.57, 10.42, 33.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% 0.027 0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.031 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6475, 18.8988, 17.6487)
Luminance	0.1890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B736F #6F878B

analogous

#8B6F79 #8B736F #8B816F

triadic

#8B736F #6F8B73 #736F8B

tetradic

#8B736F #798B6F #6F878B #816F8B

square

#8B736F #798B6F #6F878B #816F8B

split-complementary

#8B736F #6F8B81 #6F798B

monochromatic

#473B39 #695754 #8B736F #A79490 #C2B5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#8B736F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#8B736F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B736F

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B736F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B736F	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78766F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7A6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917072

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b736f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 115, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.031 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9b98',
    500: '#8b736f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b736f;
$custom-light: #ad9b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b736f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 11.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57717,
    "c": 0.03093,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B736F

secondary

#A4B0B1

accent

#ABB474

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F2F2

border

#CECCCC

text

#100E0D

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B736F

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

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