#8E504E#8E504E

#8E504E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.084 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E504E
RGB	rgb(142, 80, 78)
HSL	hsl(2, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(2, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.7%, 45.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.28, 25.69, 12.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.28, 28.59, 26.04°)
OKLab	oklab(50.36% 0.0773 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(50.36% 0.084 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.4000, 12.0396, 8.7191)
Luminance	0.1204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E504E #4E8C8E

analogous

#8E4E6C #8E504E #8E704E

triadic

#8E504E #4E8E50 #504E8E

tetradic

#8E504E #6C8E4E #4E8C8E #704E8E

square

#8E504E #6C8E4E #4E8C8E #704E8E

split-complementary

#8E504E #4E8E70 #4E6C8E

monochromatic

#3F2323 #663A38 #8E504E #AE6D6B #C49493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#8E504E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8E504E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E504E

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E504E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E504E	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5A4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C664D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#994850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e504e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 80, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.084 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2827f',
    500: '#8e504e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e504e;
$custom-light: #b2827f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e504e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.875,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50359,
    "c": 0.08366,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E504E

secondary

#88AFB0

accent

#C2C562

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFEE

border

#D0CAC9

text

#110A0A

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E504E

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

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