#8D4E55#8D4E55

#8D4E55 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.085 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D4E55
RGB	rgb(141, 78, 85)
HSL	hsl(353, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(353, 45%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 39.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.85, 27.26, 7.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.85, 28.30, 15.60°)
OKLab	oklab(50.06% 0.0826 0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(50.06% 0.085 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.3493, 11.7687, 10.0558)
Luminance	0.1177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D4E55 #4E8D86

analogous

#8D4E74 #8D4E55 #8D664E

triadic

#8D4E55 #558D4E #4E558D

tetradic

#8D4E55 #748D4E #4E8D86 #664E8D

square

#8D4E55 #748D4E #4E8D86 #664E8D

split-complementary

#8D4E55 #4E8D66 #4E748D

monochromatic

#3E2225 #66383D #8D4E55 #AD6B72 #C39298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#8D4E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8D4E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D4E55

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D4E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D4E55	1.00	6.26	3.35	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d4e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 78, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.085 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18184',
    500: '#8d4e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d4e55;
$custom-light: #b18184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d4e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50055,
    "c": 0.08492,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D4E55

secondary

#87AFAB

accent

#C5BA63

background

#FBF7F8

surface

#F6EEEF

border

#D0C9CA

text

#110A0B

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D4E55

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

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