#8C656D#8C656D

#8C656D is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.051 H 5.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C656D
RGB	rgb(140, 101, 109)
HSL	hsl(348, 16%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(348, 28%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 22.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.96, 16.97, 1.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.96, 17.06, 5.81°)
OKLab	oklab(54.93% 0.0512 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(54.93% 0.051 5.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.2294, 15.9878, 16.5908)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C656D #658C84

analogous

#8C6581 #8C656D #8C7065

triadic

#8C656D #6D8C65 #656D8C

tetradic

#8C656D #818C65 #658C84 #70658C

square

#8C656D #818C65 #658C84 #70658C

split-complementary

#8C656D #658C70 #65818C

monochromatic

#453236 #684B51 #8C656D #A8868D #C2AAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#8C656D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#8C656D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C656D

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C656D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C656D	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6B6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74726C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#936268

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c656d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 101, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.051 5.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9196',
    500: '#8c656d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c656d;
$custom-light: #ae9196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c656d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.692,
    "s": 16.183,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54925,
    "c": 0.05146,
    "h": 5.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C656D

secondary

#9CB0AC

accent

#B9AA6F

background

#FAF8F9

surface

#F4F0F2

border

#CECBCC

text

#100C0D

muted

#7F7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C656D

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

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