#8D686D#8D686D

#8D686D is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.048 H 9.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D686D
RGB	rgb(141, 104, 109)
HSL	hsl(352, 15%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(352, 26%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 22.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.84, 15.61, 3.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.84, 15.90, 10.93°)
OKLab	oklab(55.63% 0.0473 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(55.63% 0.048 9.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.6954, 16.6684, 16.6976)
Luminance	0.1667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D686D #688D88

analogous

#8D687F #8D686D #8D7568

triadic

#8D686D #6D8D68 #686D8D

tetradic

#8D686D #7F8D68 #688D88 #75688D

square

#8D686D #7F8D68 #688D88 #75688D

split-complementary

#8D686D #688D75 #687F8D

monochromatic

#473437 #6A4E52 #8D686D #A88A8E #C2ADB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#8D686D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#8D686D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D686D

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D686D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D686D	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6E6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76746C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94656A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d686d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 104, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.048 9.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9396',
    500: '#8d686d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d686d;
$custom-light: #af9396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d686d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.892,
    "s": 15.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55631,
    "c": 0.048,
    "h": 9.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D686D

secondary

#9FB2AF

accent

#B8AE70

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F1F2

border

#CECBCC

text

#100D0D

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D686D

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

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