#8E515F#8E515F

#8E515F is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.083 H 5.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E515F
RGB	rgb(142, 81, 95)
HSL	hsl(346, 27%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(346, 43%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 33.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.94, 27.26, 3.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.94, 27.43, 6.31°)
OKLab	oklab(51.01% 0.0827 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(51.01% 0.083 5.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.1639, 12.4632, 12.3786)
Luminance	0.1246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E515F #518E80

analogous

#8E517D #8E515F #8E6151

triadic

#8E515F #5F8E51 #515F8E

tetradic

#8E515F #7D8E51 #518E80 #61518E

square

#8E515F #7D8E51 #518E80 #61518E

split-complementary

#8E515F #518E61 #517D8E

monochromatic

#40252B #673B45 #8E515F #AD6F7D #C396A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#8E515F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#8E515F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E515F

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E515F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E515F	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5C5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A675E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e515f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 81, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.083 5.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1838c',
    500: '#8e515f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e515f;
$custom-light: #b1838c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e515f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.23,
    "s": 27.354,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51007,
    "c": 0.08306,
    "h": 5.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E515F

secondary

#8BB0A8

accent

#C4AE64

background

#FBF8F8

surface

#F6EFF0

border

#D0CACB

text

#110B0C

muted

#807C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E515F

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

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