HEX atlas value

#8B524B

#8B524B is a warm red HEX color close to Raw Umber. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 139, 82, 75, HSL 7, 30%, 42%, has luminance 0.1203, and belongs to the balanced group.

red warm balanced

#8B524B Sample readable text

HEX #8B524B

RGB rgb(139, 82, 75)

HSL hsl(7 30% 42%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 41, 46, 45)

Luminance 0.1203

Contrast Black 3.41:1White 6.17:1

CSS

--color-8b524b: #8B524B;
.background-8b524b { background-color: #8B524B; }
.text-8b524b { color: #8B524B; }

Luminance0.1203

Black text3.41:1AA Fail

White text6.17:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#8B524B","rgb":[139,82,75],"hsl":[7,30,42],"cmyk":[0,41,46,45],"luminance":0.1203,"contrast":{"black":3.41,"white":6.17}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":3.41,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":6.17,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#502F2B","hex":"#502F2B","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.78,"contrastWhite":11.78,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Loam","hex":"#6B4F3A","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.8,"contrastWhite":7.49,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF"]},{"name":"Coffee","hex":"#6F4E37","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.82,"contrastWhite":7.45,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF"]},{"name":"#B8827A","hex":"#B8827A","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":6.51,"contrastWhite":3.22,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":[]},{"name":"#8B4B64","hex":"#8B4B64","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":3.29,"contrastWhite":6.39,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":[]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","balanced","balanced red","Raw Umber adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/8b524b.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/raw-umber.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cedar.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/coffee.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#4B848B","analogous":["#8B4B64","#8B734B"],"triadic":["#4B8B52","#524B8B"],"tetradic":["#648B4B","#4B848B","#734B8B"],"splitComplementary":["#4B8B73","#4B648B"],"monochromatic":["#B8827A","#8B524B","#502F2B"]}

Variants

{"light":"#B8827A","dark":"#502F2B","saturated":"#A34033","desaturated":"#746563","pastel":"#B7A19E","neon":"#FF1E00"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"raw-umber","name":"Raw Umber","hex":"#826644","distance":23.021728866442675},{"slug":"cedar","name":"Cedar","hex":"#8B5A2B","distance":32.984845004941285},{"slug":"coffee","name":"Coffee","hex":"#6F4E37","distance":34.64101615137755},{"slug":"loam","name":"Loam","hex":"#6B4F3A","distance":36.359317925395686},{"slug":"sienna","name":"Sienna","hex":"#A0522D","distance":36.61966684720111}]

HEX meaning and use

About #8B524B

#8B524B is classified as a warm red value with balanced visual character. #8B524B is visually closest to Raw Umber, a named orange color with HEX #826644.

The RGB channels are 139, 82, and 75, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 7deg with 30% saturation and 42% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-attention visual states. Its luminance is 0.1203, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 23.02, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text3.41:1AA Fail

White text6.17:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #8B524B needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000003.41:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF6.17:1 · AA

Accessible Alternatives

#502F2B#FFFFFF text · best 11.78:1#502F2B

Loam#FFFFFF text · best 7.49:1#6B4F3A

Coffee#FFFFFF text · best 7.45:1#6F4E37

#B8827A#000000 text · best 6.51:1#B8827A

#8B4B64#FFFFFF text · best 6.39:1#8B4B64

Generated Palette

#8B524B#8B524B

#4B848B#4B848B

#8B4B64#8B4B64

#8B734B#8B734B

#B8827A#B8827A

#502F2B#502F2B

Color Harmonies

#4B848B#4B848B

#8B4B64#8B4B64

#8B734B#8B734B

#4B8B52#4B8B52

#524B8B#524B8B

Variants

#B8827A#B8827A

#502F2B#502F2B

#A34033#A34033

#746563#746563

#B7A19E#B7A19E

#FF1E00#FF1E00

Nearest Named Colors

Raw Umber#826644

Cedar#8B5A2B

Coffee#6F4E37

Loam#6B4F3A

Sienna#A0522D

#8B524B

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #8B524B

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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