#8E565B#8E565B

#8E565B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.075 H 14.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E565B
RGB	rgb(142, 86, 91)
HSL	hsl(355, 25%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(355, 39%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 35.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.01, 23.86, 7.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.01, 24.86, 16.35°)
OKLab	oklab(51.78% 0.0723 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(51.78% 0.075 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.3721, 13.1630, 11.5739)
Luminance	0.1316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E565B #568E89

analogous

#8E5677 #8E565B #8E6D56

triadic

#8E565B #5B8E56 #565B8E

tetradic

#8E565B #778E56 #568E89 #6D568E

square

#8E565B #778E56 #568E89 #6D568E

split-complementary

#8E565B #568E6D #56778E

monochromatic

#42282A #683F43 #8E565B #AC757A #C39C9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#8E565B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#8E565B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E565B

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E565B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E565B	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605F5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6A5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e565b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 86, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.075 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18689',
    500: '#8e565b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e565b;
$custom-light: #b18689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e565b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.643,
    "s": 24.561,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51784,
    "c": 0.07462,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E565B

secondary

#90B0AD

accent

#C1B967

background

#FBF8F8

surface

#F6EFF0

border

#D0CACB

text

#110B0B

muted

#807C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E565B

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

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