#994B57#994B57

#994B57 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.105 H 11.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#994B57
RGB	rgb(153, 75, 87)
HSL	hsl(351, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(351, 51%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51%, 43.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.99, 33.80, 8.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.99, 34.79, 13.69°)
OKLab	oklab(51.3% 0.1024 0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(51.3% 0.105 11.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.3743, 12.4943, 10.5116)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#994B57 #4B998D

analogous

#994B7E #994B57 #99664B

triadic

#994B57 #57994B #4B5799

tetradic

#994B57 #7E994B #4B998D #664B99

square

#994B57 #7E994B #4B998D #664B99

split-complementary

#994B57 #4B9966 #4B7E99

monochromatic

#472328 #703740 #994B57 #B66B76 #CB949C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#994B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#994B57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #994B57

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##994B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##994B57	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5424F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #994b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 75, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.105 11.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba7f86',
    500: '#994b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #994b57;
$custom-light: #ba7f86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#994b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.769,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51302,
    "c": 0.10462,
    "h": 11.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#994B57

secondary

#89B7B0

accent

#CABA5E

background

#FBF7F8

surface

#F7EEEF

border

#D0C9CA

text

#120A0B

muted

#817C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #994B57

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

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