#8D554B#8D554B

#8D554B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.077 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D554B
RGB	rgb(141, 85, 75)
HSL	hsl(9, 31%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(9, 47%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 46.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.26, 22.07, 15.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.26, 27.09, 35.43°)
OKLab	oklab(51.06% 0.0661 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(51.06% 0.077 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.5038, 12.6691, 8.2841)
Luminance	0.1267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D554B #4B838D

analogous

#8D4B62 #8D554B #8D764B

triadic

#8D554B #4B8D55 #554B8D

tetradic

#8D554B #628D4B #4B838D #764B8D

square

#8D554B #628D4B #4B838D #764B8D

split-complementary

#8D554B #4B8D76 #4B628D

monochromatic

#3D2520 #653D36 #8D554B #AE7267 #C3978F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#8D554B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8D554B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D554B

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D554B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D554B	1.00	5.94	3.53	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625D4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F684A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d554b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 85, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.077 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1857d',
    500: '#8d554b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d554b;
$custom-light: #b1857d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d554b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.091,
    "s": 30.556,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5106,
    "c": 0.07693,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D554B

secondary

#84A9B0

accent

#B7C761

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFEE

border

#D0CAC9

text

#110B09

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D554B

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

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