#8E504F#8E504F

#8E504F is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.084 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E504F
RGB	rgb(142, 80, 79)
HSL	hsl(1, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(1, 44%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.7%, 44.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.30, 25.80, 11.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.30, 28.44, 24.88°)
OKLab	oklab(50.38% 0.0778 0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(50.38% 0.084 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.4361, 12.0540, 8.9093)
Luminance	0.1205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E504F #4F8D8E

analogous

#8E4F6D #8E504F #8E6F4F

triadic

#8E504F #4F8E50 #504F8E

tetradic

#8E504F #6D8E4F #4F8D8E #6F4F8E

square

#8E504F #6D8E4F #4F8D8E #6F4F8E

split-complementary

#8E504F #4F8E6F #4F6D8E

monochromatic

#3F2423 #673A39 #8E504F #AE6E6D #C39594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#8E504F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8E504F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E504F

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E504F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E504F	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)

#5D5A4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C664E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#994850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e504f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 80, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.084 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28280',
    500: '#8e504f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e504f;
$custom-light: #b28280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e504f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.952,
    "s": 28.507,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50384,
    "c": 0.08352,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E504F

secondary

#89AFB0

accent

#C3C563

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFEE

border

#D0CAC9

text

#110A0A

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E504F

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

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