#8E4E5B#8E4E5B

#8E4E5B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.087 H 7.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4E5B
RGB	rgb(142, 78, 91)
HSL	hsl(348, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(348, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.1%, 35.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.15, 28.42, 4.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.15, 28.75, 8.68°)
OKLab	oklab(50.37% 0.0862 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(50.37% 0.087 7.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.7687, 11.9562, 11.3728)
Luminance	0.1196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4E5B #4E8E81

analogous

#8E4E7B #8E4E5B #8E614E

triadic

#8E4E5B #5B8E4E #4E5B8E

tetradic

#8E4E5B #7B8E4E #4E8E81 #614E8E

square

#8E4E5B #7B8E4E #4E8E81 #614E8E

split-complementary

#8E4E5B #4E8E61 #4E7B8E

monochromatic

#3F2328 #663842 #8E4E5B #AE6B79 #C4939D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#8E4E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#8E4E5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4E5B

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4E5B	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595A5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69665A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 78, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.087 7.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18189',
    500: '#8e4e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4e5b;
$custom-light: #b18189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.813,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50365,
    "c": 0.08699,
    "h": 7.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4E5B

secondary

#88B0A8

accent

#C5B162

background

#FBF7F8

surface

#F6EEF0

border

#D0C9CB

text

#110A0B

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4E5B

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

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