#986E6B#986E6B

#986E6B is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.054 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986E6B
RGB	rgb(152, 110, 107)
HSL	hsl(4, 18%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 30%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 29.6%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.56, 16.24, 8.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.56, 18.22, 26.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.0496 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.054 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.1791, 18.8900, 16.4376)
Luminance	0.1889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986E6B #6B9598

analogous

#986B7E #986E6B #98846B

triadic

#986E6B #6B986E #6E6B98

tetradic

#986E6B #7E986B #6B9598 #846B98

square

#986E6B #7E986B #6B9598 #846B98

split-complementary

#986E6B #6B9884 #6B7E98

monochromatic

#513A38 #755451 #986E6B #B1918F #CAB5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#986E6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#986E6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986E6B

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986E6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986E6B	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76746B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807B6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1696D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986e6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 110, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.054 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b79795',
    500: '#986e6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986e6b;
$custom-light: #b79795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986e6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4,
    "s": 17.928,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57995,
    "c": 0.05407,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986E6B

secondary

#A5B8B9

accent

#B5BB6D

background

#FBF9F9

surface

#F6F2F1

border

#D0CCCB

text

#110D0D

muted

#807E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #986E6B

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

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