#8D494F#8D494F

#8D494F is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.092 H 15.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D494F
RGB	rgb(141, 73, 79)
HSL	hsl(355, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(355, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 44%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.57, 29.34, 9.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.57, 30.86, 18.01°)
OKLab	oklab(49.04% 0.0887 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(49.04% 0.092 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.7792, 10.9937, 8.7393)
Luminance	0.1099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D494F #498D87

analogous

#8D4971 #8D494F #8D6549

triadic

#8D494F #4F8D49 #494F8D

tetradic

#8D494F #718D49 #498D87 #65498D

square

#8D494F #718D49 #498D87 #65498D

split-complementary

#8D494F #498D65 #49718D

monochromatic

#3C1F22 #653438 #8D494F #AF646B #C48D91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#8D494F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#8D494F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D494F

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D494F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D494F	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)

#57554F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68624E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98414B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d494f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 73, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.092 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17d80',
    500: '#8d494f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d494f;
$custom-light: #b17d80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d494f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.706,
    "s": 31.776,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49035,
    "c": 0.09203,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D494F

secondary

#82B0AC

accent

#C8BF60

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEEE

border

#D0C9C9

text

#110A0A

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D494F

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

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