#8E686B#8E686B

#8E686B is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.049 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E686B
RGB	rgb(142, 104, 107)
HSL	hsl(355, 15%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(355, 27%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 24.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.90, 15.70, 4.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.90, 16.28, 15.36°)
OKLab	oklab(55.68% 0.0477 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(55.68% 0.049 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7598, 16.7139, 16.1450)
Luminance	0.1671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E686B #688E8B

analogous

#8E687E #8E686B #8E7868

triadic

#8E686B #6B8E68 #686B8E

tetradic

#8E686B #7E8E68 #688E8B #78688E

square

#8E686B #7E8E68 #688E8B #78688E

split-complementary

#8E686B #688E78 #687E8E

monochromatic

#473436 #6B4E50 #8E686B #A98A8C #C3ADAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#8E686B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#8E686B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E686B

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E686B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E686B	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6D6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77746A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956569

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e686b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 104, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.049 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09395',
    500: '#8e686b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e686b;
$custom-light: #b09395;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e686b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.263,
    "s": 15.447,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55683,
    "c": 0.04907,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E686B

secondary

#A0B2B1

accent

#B8B270

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F5F1F1

border

#CFCBCB

text

#100D0D

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E686B

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

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