#8C656E#8C656E

#8C656E is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.052 H 3.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C656E
RGB	rgb(140, 101, 110)
HSL	hsl(346, 16%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(346, 28%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 21.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.99, 17.14, 1.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.99, 17.18, 3.89°)
OKLab	oklab(54.96% 0.0517 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(54.96% 0.052 3.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.2836, 16.0095, 16.8759)
Luminance	0.1601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C656E #658C83

analogous

#8C6582 #8C656E #8C7065

triadic

#8C656E #6E8C65 #656E8C

tetradic

#8C656E #828C65 #658C83 #70658C

square

#8C656E #828C65 #658C83 #70658C

split-complementary

#8C656E #658C70 #65828C

monochromatic

#453236 #684B52 #8C656E #A8868E #C2AAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#8C656E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#8C656E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C656E

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C656E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C656E	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)

#6A6B6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73726D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#936368

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c656e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 101, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.052 3.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9197',
    500: '#8c656e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c656e;
$custom-light: #ae9197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c656e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.154,
    "s": 16.183,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54956,
    "c": 0.05176,
    "h": 3.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C656E

secondary

#9CB0AC

accent

#B9A86F

background

#FAF8F9

surface

#F4F0F2

border

#CECBCC

text

#100C0D

muted

#7F7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C656E

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