#8E656D#8E656D

#8E656D is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.054 H 6.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E656D
RGB	rgb(142, 101, 109)
HSL	hsl(348, 17%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(348, 29%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 23.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.19, 17.77, 2.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.19, 17.89, 6.70°)
OKLab	oklab(55.15% 0.0537 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(55.15% 0.054 6.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5696, 16.1632, 16.6067)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E656D #658E86

analogous

#8E6581 #8E656D #8E7265

triadic

#8E656D #6D8E65 #656D8E

tetradic

#8E656D #818E65 #658E86 #72658E

square

#8E656D #818E65 #658E86 #72658E

split-complementary

#8E656D #658E72 #65818E

monochromatic

#463236 #6A4C52 #8E656D #A9878E #C3ABAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#8E656D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#8E656D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E656D

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E656D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E656D	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6B6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75736C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956268

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e656d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 101, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.054 6.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09196',
    500: '#8e656d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e656d;
$custom-light: #b09196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e656d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.293,
    "s": 16.872,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55154,
    "c": 0.05399,
    "h": 6.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E656D

secondary

#9DB2AE

accent

#BAAB6E

background

#FAF8F9

surface

#F5F0F2

border

#CFCBCC

text

#100C0D

muted

#7F7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E656D

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

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