#8F7972#8F7972

#8F7972 is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.029 H 38.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F7972
RGB	rgb(143, 121, 114)
HSL	hsl(14, 11%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(14, 20%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 20.3%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, 7.32, 7.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 10.13, 43.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% 0.0231 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.029 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2024, 20.7300, 18.8007)
Luminance	0.2073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F7972 #72888F

analogous

#8F7279 #8F7972 #8F8772

triadic

#8F7972 #728F79 #79728F

tetradic

#8F7972 #798F72 #72888F #87728F

square

#8F7972 #798F72 #72888F #87728F

split-complementary

#8F7972 #728F87 #72798F

monochromatic

#4B3F3C #6D5C57 #8F7972 #AA9994 #C5BAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#8F7972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#8F7972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F7972

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F7972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F7972	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7B72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837F72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f7972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 121, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.029 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09f9a',
    500: '#8f7972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f7972;
$custom-light: #b09f9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f7972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.483,
    "s": 11.462,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59461,
    "c": 0.02946,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F7972

secondary

#A8B2B5

accent

#A5B473

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F2F2

border

#CECCCC

text

#100E0E

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F7972

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

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