#8D494E#8D494E

#8D494E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.092 H 16.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D494E
RGB	rgb(141, 73, 78)
HSL	hsl(356, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(356, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 44.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.55, 29.23, 10.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.55, 30.93, 19.11°)
OKLab	oklab(49.01% 0.0883 0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(49.01% 0.092 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.7431, 10.9793, 8.5490)
Luminance	0.1098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D494E #498D88

analogous

#8D4970 #8D494E #8D6649

triadic

#8D494E #4E8D49 #494E8D

tetradic

#8D494E #708D49 #498D88 #66498D

square

#8D494E #708D49 #498D88 #66498D

split-complementary

#8D494E #498D66 #49708D

monochromatic

#3C1F21 #653438 #8D494E #AF646A #C48D91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#8D494E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#8D494E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D494E

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D494E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D494E	1.00	6.57	3.20	6.57
#FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57554E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68624D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98414B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d494e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 73, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.092 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17d7f',
    500: '#8d494e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d494e;
$custom-light: #b17d7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d494e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.588,
    "s": 31.776,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49009,
    "c": 0.09202,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D494E

secondary

#82B0AC

accent

#C8C060

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEEE

border

#D0C9C9

text

#110A0A

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D494E

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

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