#8E545A#8E545A

#8E545A is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.078 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E545A
RGB	rgb(142, 84, 90)
HSL	hsl(354, 26%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(354, 41%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.8%, 36.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.51, 24.88, 6.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.51, 25.81, 15.50°)
OKLab	oklab(51.39% 0.0754 0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(51.39% 0.078 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.1718, 12.8309, 11.2958)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E545A #548E88

analogous

#8E5477 #8E545A #8E6B54

triadic

#8E545A #5A8E54 #545A8E

tetradic

#8E545A #778E54 #548E88 #6B548E

square

#8E545A #778E54 #548E88 #6B548E

split-complementary

#8E545A #548E6B #54778E

monochromatic

#412729 #683D42 #8E545A #AC7379 #C3999E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#8E545A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8E545A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E545A

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E545A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E545A	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5E5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e545a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 84, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.078 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18588',
    500: '#8e545a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e545a;
$custom-light: #b18588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e545a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.793,
    "s": 25.664,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51393,
    "c": 0.07754,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E545A

secondary

#8EB0AD

accent

#C2B966

background

#FBF8F8

surface

#F6EFEF

border

#D0CACA

text

#110B0B

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E545A

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

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