#8E474D#8E474D

#8E474D is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.096 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E474D
RGB	rgb(142, 71, 77)
HSL	hsl(355, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(355, 50%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 45.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.23, 30.62, 10.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.23, 32.31, 18.66°)
OKLab	oklab(48.79% 0.0924 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(48.79% 0.096 16)
XYZ	xyz(14.7490, 10.7946, 8.3266)
Luminance	0.1079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E474D #478E88

analogous

#8E4771 #8E474D #8E6547

triadic

#8E474D #4D8E47 #474D8E

tetradic

#8E474D #718E47 #478E88 #65478E

square

#8E474D #718E47 #478E88 #65478E

split-complementary

#8E474D #478E65 #47718E

monochromatic

#3C1E21 #653337 #8E474D #B06268 #C58B90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.65

#8E474D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#8E474D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E474D

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E474D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E474D	1.00	6.65	3.16	6.65
#FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56544D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67624C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A3E49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e474d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 71, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.096 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27c7e',
    500: '#8e474d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e474d;
$custom-light: #b27c7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e474d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.93,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48793,
    "c": 0.09615,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.10793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E474D

secondary

#80B0AC

accent

#C9C05E

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEEE

border

#D0C9C9

text

#11090A

muted

#807B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E474D

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

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