#996159#996159

#996159 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.075 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996159
RGB	rgb(153, 97, 89)
HSL	hsl(8, 26%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(8, 42%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.6%, 41.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.03, 21.76, 14.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.03, 25.90, 32.84°)
OKLab	oklab(55.16% 0.0656 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(55.16% 0.075 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.2156, 16.0445, 11.5341)
Luminance	0.1604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996159 #599199

analogous

#995971 #996159 #998159

triadic

#996159 #599961 #615999

tetradic

#996159 #719959 #599199 #815999

square

#996159 #719959 #599199 #815999

split-complementary

#996159 #599981 #597199

monochromatic

#4C302C #724842 #996159 #B3837C #C9A8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#996159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#996159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996159

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996159	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4595F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 97, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.075 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b98e88',
    500: '#996159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996159;
$custom-light: #b98e88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 26.446,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55164,
    "c": 0.07471,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996159

secondary

#97B3B7

accent

#B7C365

background

#FBF8F8

surface

#F6F0EF

border

#D0CBCA

text

#120C0B

muted

#817D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #996159

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

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