#8D5B56#8D5B56

#8D5B56 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.067 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5B56
RGB	rgb(141, 91, 86)
HSL	hsl(5, 24%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(5, 39%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 39%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.97, 19.90, 11.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.97, 22.92, 29.76°)
OKLab	oklab(52.46% 0.0602 0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(52.46% 0.067 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.4060, 13.8180, 10.6053)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5B56 #56888D

analogous

#8D566D #8D5B56 #8D7756

triadic

#8D5B56 #568D5B #5B568D

tetradic

#8D5B56 #6D8D56 #56888D #77568D

square

#8D5B56 #6D8D56 #56888D #77568D

split-complementary

#8D5B56 #568D77 #566D8D

monochromatic

#412A28 #67423F #8D5B56 #AB7A75 #C29F9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#8D5B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8D5B56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5B56

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5B56	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716C55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97555A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 91, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.067 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08a85',
    500: '#8d5b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5b56;
$custom-light: #b08a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 24.229,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52455,
    "c": 0.06693,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5B56

secondary

#8FADB0

accent

#B9C167

background

#FBF8F8

surface

#F6F0EF

border

#D0CBCA

text

#110B0B

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5B56

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

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