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#8E4A50 · Chestnut
Click to copy#8E4A50 is a medium, muted brown color, closest to Chestnut and near Chestnut and Brick Red. In OKLCH it has 49% lightness and 0.09 chroma at hue 15°. Brown suggests earthiness, comfort and reliability; it grounds brighter colors, which makes #8E4A50 a natural choice for coffee shops, furniture, crafts and rustic brands. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.
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#8E4A50RGB
rgb(142, 74, 80)HSL
hsl(355, 31%, 42%)CMYK
0, 48, 44, 44CSS var
--chestnutContrast
6.47:1 white · 3.25:1 blackSimilar named colors
How to use #8E4A50
White text passes WCAG AA on #8E4A50 (6.47:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.
For a calm scheme pair #8E4A50 with its analogous neighbors #8C4A71 and #8C664A; for contrast use its complement #4A8C87 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.
--chestnut: #8E4A50;
$chestnut: #8E4A50;
colors: { 'chestnut': '#8E4A50' }