#8C554C#8C554C

#8C554C is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.075 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C554C
RGB	rgb(140, 85, 76)
HSL	hsl(8, 30%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(8, 46%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 45.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.15, 21.76, 14.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.15, 26.39, 34.43°)
OKLab	oklab(50.95% 0.0653 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(50.95% 0.075 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.3690, 12.5955, 8.4578)
Luminance	0.1259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C554C #4C838C

analogous

#8C4C63 #8C554C #8C754C

triadic

#8C554C #4C8C55 #554C8C

tetradic

#8C554C #638C4C #4C838C #754C8C

square

#8C554C #638C4C #4C838C #754C8C

split-complementary

#8C554C #4C8C75 #4C638C

monochromatic

#3D2521 #643D36 #8C554C #AD7268 #C39790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#8C554C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#8C554C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C554C

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C554C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C554C	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615D4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F684B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c554c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 85, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.075 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0857e',
    500: '#8c554c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c554c;
$custom-light: #b0857e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c554c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.437,
    "s": 29.63,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50952,
    "c": 0.07533,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C554C

secondary

#85A9AF

accent

#B8C662

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFEE

border

#D0CAC9

text

#110B09

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C554C

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

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