#8E4B4E#8E4B4E

#8E4B4E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.090 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4B4E
RGB	rgb(142, 75, 78)
HSL	hsl(357, 31%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(357, 47%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.2%, 45.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.14, 28.51, 10.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.14, 30.55, 21.05°)
OKLab	oklab(49.49% 0.086 0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(49.49% 0.09 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.0474, 11.3344, 8.6015)
Luminance	0.1133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4B4E #4B8E8B

analogous

#8E4B70 #8E4B4E #8E694B

triadic

#8E4B4E #4E8E4B #4B4E8E

tetradic

#8E4B4E #708E4B #4B8E8B #694B8E

square

#8E4B4E #708E4B #4B8E8B #694B8E

split-complementary

#8E4B4E #4B8E69 #4B708E

monochromatic

#3E2122 #663638 #8E4B4E #AF676B #C48F92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#8E4B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#8E4B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4B4E

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4B4E	1.00	6.43	3.27	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59564E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69644D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99434C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 75, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.090 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27f7f',
    500: '#8e4b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4b4e;
$custom-light: #b27f7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.313,
    "s": 30.876,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49489,
    "c": 0.09047,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4B4E

secondary

#85B0AE

accent

#C7C261

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEEE

border

#D0C9C9

text

#110A0A

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4B4E

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

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