#8D4940#8D4940

#8D4940 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.094 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D4940
RGB	rgb(141, 73, 64)
HSL	hsl(7, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(7, 55%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 54.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.24, 27.78, 18.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.24, 33.31, 33.48°)
OKLab	oklab(48.68% 0.0823 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(48.68% 0.094 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.2935, 10.7995, 6.1813)
Luminance	0.1080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D4940 #40848D

analogous

#8D405D #8D4940 #8D6F40

triadic

#8D4940 #408D49 #49408D

tetradic

#8D4940 #5D8D40 #40848D #6F408D

square

#8D4940 #5D8D40 #40848D #6F408D

split-complementary

#8D4940 #408D6F #405D8D

monochromatic

#391D1A #63332D #8D4940 #B36257 #C68981

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.65

#8D4940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#8D4940 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D4940

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D4940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D4940	1.00	6.65	3.16	6.65
#FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59543F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A623F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#993E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d4940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 73, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.094 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27d75',
    500: '#8d4940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d4940;
$custom-light: #b27d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d4940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.013,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48677,
    "c": 0.09394,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D4940

secondary

#78AAB0

accent

#C0CE5A

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEED

border

#D0C9C8

text

#110A08

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D4940

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

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