#8D494D#8D494D

#8D494D is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.092 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D494D
RGB	rgb(141, 73, 77)
HSL	hsl(356, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(356, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 45.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.52, 29.12, 10.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.52, 31.03, 20.21°)
OKLab	oklab(48.98% 0.0879 0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(48.98% 0.092 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.7075, 10.9651, 8.3616)
Luminance	0.1096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D494D #498D89

analogous

#8D496F #8D494D #8D6749

triadic

#8D494D #4D8D49 #494D8D

tetradic

#8D494D #6F8D49 #498D89 #67498D

square

#8D494D #6F8D49 #498D89 #67498D

split-complementary

#8D494D #498D67 #496F8D

monochromatic

#3C1F21 #653437 #8D494D #AF6469 #C48D90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.58

#8D494D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#8D494D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D494D

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D494D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D494D	1.00	6.58	3.19	6.58
#FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57554D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68624C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98414B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d494d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 73, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.092 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17d7e',
    500: '#8d494d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d494d;
$custom-light: #b17d7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d494d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 31.776,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48982,
    "c": 0.09203,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D494D

secondary

#82B0AD

accent

#C8C260

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEEE

border

#D0C9C9

text

#110A0A

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D494D

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

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