#8D4949#8D4949

#8D4949 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.092 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D4949
RGB	rgb(141, 73, 73)
HSL	hsl(0, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(0, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 48.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.43, 28.68, 13.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.43, 31.52, 24.51°)
OKLab	oklab(48.88% 0.0862 0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(48.88% 0.092 21)
XYZ	xyz(14.5706, 10.9103, 7.6406)
Luminance	0.1091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D4949 #498D8D

analogous

#8D496B #8D4949 #8D6B49

triadic

#8D4949 #498D49 #49498D

tetradic

#8D4949 #6B8D49 #498D8D #6B498D

square

#8D4949 #6B8D49 #498D8D #6B498D

split-complementary

#8D4949 #498D6B #496B8D

monochromatic

#3C1F1F #653434 #8D4949 #AF6464 #C48D8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#8D4949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#8D4949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D4949

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D4949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D4949	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99404A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d4949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 73, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.092 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17d7b',
    500: '#8d4949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d4949;
$custom-light: #b17d7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d4949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 31.776,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48882,
    "c": 0.09228,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.10909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D4949

secondary

#82B0B0

accent

#C8C860

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEED

border

#D0C9C8

text

#110A09

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D4949

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

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