#986161#986161

#986161 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.072 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986161
RGB	rgb(152, 97, 97)
HSL	hsl(0, 22%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(0, 36%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 36.2%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.09, 22.35, 9.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.09, 24.22, 22.63°)
OKLab	oklab(55.24% 0.0678 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(55.24% 0.072 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.3820, 16.0893, 13.3917)
Luminance	0.1609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986161 #619898

analogous

#98617D #986161 #987D61

triadic

#986161 #619861 #616198

tetradic

#986161 #7D9861 #619898 #7D6198

square

#986161 #7D9861 #619898 #7D6198

split-complementary

#986161 #61987D #617D98

monochromatic

#4D3131 #734949 #986161 #B18585 #C9AAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#986161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#986161 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #986161

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##986161	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6961

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A25B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 97, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.072 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b88e8d',
    500: '#986161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986161;
$custom-light: #b88e8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 22.088,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55242,
    "c": 0.07197,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986161

secondary

#9DB7B7

accent

#BFBF69

background

#FBF8F8

surface

#F6F0F0

border

#D0CBCB

text

#120C0C

muted

#817D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #986161

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

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