#8E656A#8E656A

#8E656A is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.053 H 10.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E656A
RGB	rgb(142, 101, 106)
HSL	hsl(353, 17%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(353, 29%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 25.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.10, 17.30, 3.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.10, 17.70, 12.29°)
OKLab	oklab(55.06% 0.0525 0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(55.06% 0.053 10.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.4108, 16.0997, 15.7707)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E656A #658E89

analogous

#8E657E #8E656A #8E7565

triadic

#8E656A #6A8E65 #656A8E

tetradic

#8E656A #7E8E65 #658E89 #75658E

square

#8E656A #7E8E65 #658E89 #75658E

split-complementary

#8E656A #658E75 #657E8E

monochromatic

#463235 #6A4C4F #8E656A #A9878B #C3ABAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#8E656A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#8E656A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E656A

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E656A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E656A	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6B6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966267

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e656a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 101, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.053 10.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09194',
    500: '#8e656a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e656a;
$custom-light: #b09194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e656a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.683,
    "s": 16.872,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55062,
    "c": 0.05342,
    "h": 10.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E656A

secondary

#9DB2AF

accent

#BAB06E

background

#FAF8F9

surface

#F5F0F1

border

#CFCBCB

text

#100C0D

muted

#7F7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E656A

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

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