#956565#956565

#956565 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.062 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956565
RGB	rgb(149, 101, 101)
HSL	hsl(0, 19%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(0, 32%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 32.2%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.80, 19.38, 7.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.80, 20.91, 22.10°)
OKLab	oklab(55.74% 0.0589 0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(55.74% 0.062 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.3976, 16.6378, 14.4991)
Luminance	0.1664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956565 #659595

analogous

#95657D #956565 #957D65

triadic

#956565 #659565 #656595

tetradic

#956565 #7D9565 #659595 #7D6595

square

#956565 #7D9565 #659595 #7D6595

split-complementary

#956565 #65957D #657D95

monochromatic

#4C3434 #714C4C #956565 #AF8989 #C7ADAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#956565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#956565 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #956565

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##956565	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6C65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E6065

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 101, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.062 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b59190',
    500: '#956565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956565;
$custom-light: #b59190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 19.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55739,
    "c": 0.0624,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956565

secondary

#A0B6B6

accent

#BCBC6C

background

#FBF8F8

surface

#F6F0F0

border

#D0CBCB

text

#110C0C

muted

#807D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #956565

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

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