#985F5F#985F5F

#985F5F is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.075 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985F5F
RGB	rgb(152, 95, 95)
HSL	hsl(0, 23%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(0, 38%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.5%, 37.5%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.56, 23.24, 9.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.56, 25.21, 22.81°)
OKLab	oklab(54.82% 0.0704 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(54.82% 0.075 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1074, 15.6875, 12.8459)
Luminance	0.1569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985F5F #5F9898

analogous

#985F7B #985F5F #987B5F

triadic

#985F5F #5F985F #5F5F98

tetradic

#985F5F #7B985F #5F9898 #7B5F98

square

#985F5F #7B985F #5F9898 #7B5F98

split-complementary

#985F5F #5F987B #5F7B98

monochromatic

#4D3030 #724747 #985F5F #B18383 #C9A8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#985F5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#985F5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #985F5F

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985F5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##985F5F	1.00	5.08	4.14	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A685F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78735E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3595F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985f5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 95, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.075 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b88d8c',
    500: '#985f5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985f5f;
$custom-light: #b88d8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985f5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5482,
    "c": 0.07482,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985F5F

secondary

#9CB7B7

accent

#C0C068

background

#FBF8F8

surface

#F6F0F0

border

#D0CBCB

text

#120C0C

muted

#817D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #985F5F

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

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