#8D554D#8D554D

#8D554D is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.076 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D554D
RGB	rgb(141, 85, 77)
HSL	hsl(8, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(8, 45%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 45.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.30, 22.30, 14.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.30, 26.62, 33.12°)
OKLab	oklab(51.11% 0.0669 0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(51.11% 0.076 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.5734, 12.6969, 8.6503)
Luminance	0.1270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D554D #4D858D

analogous

#8D4D65 #8D554D #8D754D

triadic

#8D554D #4D8D55 #554D8D

tetradic

#8D554D #658D4D #4D858D #754D8D

square

#8D554D #658D4D #4D858D #754D8D

split-complementary

#8D554D #4D8D75 #4D658D

monochromatic

#3E2522 #653D37 #8D554D #AD726A #C39891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#8D554D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#8D554D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D554D

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D554D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D554D	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F684C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d554d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 85, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.076 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1857e',
    500: '#8d554d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d554d;
$custom-light: #b1857e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d554d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 29.358,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51107,
    "c": 0.07634,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D554D

secondary

#86AAAF

accent

#B9C662

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFEE

border

#D0CAC9

text

#110B0A

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D554D

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

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