#8D555E#8D555E

#8D555E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.075 H 9.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D555E
RGB	rgb(141, 85, 94)
HSL	hsl(350, 25%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(350, 40%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 33.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.72, 24.44, 4.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.72, 24.89, 10.94°)
OKLab	oklab(51.56% 0.0741 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(51.56% 0.075 9.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.2540, 12.9691, 12.2347)
Luminance	0.1297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8D555E #558D84

analogous

#8D557A #8D555E #8D6855

triadic

#8D555E #5E8D55 #555E8D

tetradic

#8D555E #7A8D55 #558D84 #68558D

square

#8D555E #7A8D55 #558D84 #68558D

split-complementary

#8D555E #558D68 #557A8D

monochromatic

#41272B #673E45 #8D555E #AB747D #C29AA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#8D555E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#8D555E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D555E

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D555E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D555E	1.00	5.84	3.59	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5E5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C695D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d555e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 85, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.075 9.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0868b',
    500: '#8d555e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d555e;
$custom-light: #b0868b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d555e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.357,
    "s": 24.779,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51559,
    "c": 0.07517,
    "h": 9.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D555E

secondary

#8EB0AA

accent

#C1B367

background

#FBF8F8

surface

#F6EFF0

border

#D0CACB

text

#110B0C

muted

#807C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D555E

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

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