#8E4E45#8E4E45

#8E4E45 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.088 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4E45
RGB	rgb(142, 78, 69)
HSL	hsl(7, 35%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(7, 51%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.1%, 51.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.62, 25.87, 17.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.62, 31.05, 33.59°)
OKLab	oklab(49.8% 0.077 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(49.8% 0.088 29)
XYZ	xyz(14.9549, 11.6307, 7.0864)
Luminance	0.1163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4E45 #45858E

analogous

#8E4561 #8E4E45 #8E7345

triadic

#8E4E45 #458E4E #4E458E

tetradic

#8E4E45 #618E45 #45858E #73458E

square

#8E4E45 #618E45 #45858E #73458E

split-complementary

#8E4E45 #458E73 #45618E

monochromatic

#3C211D #653731 #8E4E45 #B1695F #C59088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#8E4E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#8E4E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4E45

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4E45	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A444C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 78, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.088 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28078',
    500: '#8e4e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4e45;
$custom-light: #b28078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.397,
    "s": 34.597,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49795,
    "c": 0.08801,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.11629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4E45

secondary

#7EAAB0

accent

#BDCB5D

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EEED

border

#D0C9C8

text

#110A09

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4E45

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

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