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#8B5E3C · Cocoa
Click to copy#8B5E3C is a medium, muted brown color, closest to Cocoa and near Cocoa and Sienna. In OKLCH it has 52% lightness and 0.08 chroma at hue 57°. Brown suggests earthiness, comfort and reliability; it grounds brighter colors, which makes #8B5E3C a natural choice for coffee shops, furniture, crafts and rustic brands. It appears in 3 ColorSwoop palettes.
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HEX
#8B5E3CRGB
rgb(139, 94, 60)HSL
hsl(26, 40%, 39%)CMYK
0, 32, 57, 45CSS var
--cocoaContrast
5.58:1 white · 3.76:1 blackSimilar named colors
How to use #8B5E3C
White text passes WCAG AA on #8B5E3C (5.58:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.
For a calm scheme pair #8B5E3C with its analogous neighbors #8B3C41 and #8B863C; for contrast use its complement #3C698B as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.
--cocoa: #8B5E3C;
$cocoa: #8B5E3C;
colors: { 'cocoa': '#8B5E3C' }