#8D5259#8D5259

#8D5259 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.079 H 12.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5259
RGB	rgb(141, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(353, 26%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(353, 42%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 36.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.88, 25.49, 6.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.88, 26.33, 14.51°)
OKLab	oklab(50.87% 0.0773 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(50.87% 0.079 12.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.8056, 12.4199, 11.0141)
Luminance	0.1242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5259 #528D86

analogous

#8D5276 #8D5259 #8D6852

triadic

#8D5259 #598D52 #52598D

tetradic

#8D5259 #768D52 #528D86 #68528D

square

#8D5259 #768D52 #528D86 #68528D

split-complementary

#8D5259 #528D68 #52768D

monochromatic

#402528 #663B41 #8D5259 #AC7077 #C2979C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#8D5259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#8D5259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5259

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5259	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5C59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.079 12.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08387',
    500: '#8d5259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5259;
$custom-light: #b08387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.881,
    "s": 26.457,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50874,
    "c": 0.07919,
    "h": 12.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5259

secondary

#8BAFAB

accent

#C3B865

background

#FBF8F8

surface

#F6EFEF

border

#D0CACA

text

#110B0B

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5259

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

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