#8E686D#8E686D

#8E686D is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.049 H 10.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E686D
RGB	rgb(142, 104, 109)
HSL	hsl(352, 15%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(352, 27%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 23.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.95, 16.01, 3.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.95, 16.33, 11.28°)
OKLab	oklab(55.74% 0.0485 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(55.74% 0.049 10)
XYZ	xyz(18.8662, 16.7565, 16.7056)
Luminance	0.1676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E686D #688E89

analogous

#8E6880 #8E686D #8E7668

triadic

#8E686D #6D8E68 #686D8E

tetradic

#8E686D #808E68 #688E89 #76688E

square

#8E686D #808E68 #688E89 #76688E

split-complementary

#8E686D #688E76 #68808E

monochromatic

#473437 #6B4E52 #8E686D #A98A8E #C3ADB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#8E686D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#8E686D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E686D

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E686D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E686D	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6E6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77746C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95656A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e686d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 104, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.049 10.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09396',
    500: '#8e686d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e686d;
$custom-light: #b09396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e686d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.105,
    "s": 15.447,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55743,
    "c": 0.04929,
    "h": 10
  },
  "luminance": 0.16756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E686D

secondary

#A0B2B0

accent

#B8AF70

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F5F1F2

border

#CFCBCC

text

#100D0D

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E686D

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

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