#996261#996261

#996261 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.072 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996261
RGB	rgb(153, 98, 97)
HSL	hsl(1, 22%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(1, 37%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.9%, 36.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.46, 22.18, 9.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.46, 24.27, 23.95°)
OKLab	oklab(55.55% 0.0673 0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(55.55% 0.072 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.6630, 16.3722, 13.4315)
Luminance	0.1637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996261 #619899

analogous

#99617C #996261 #997E61

triadic

#996261 #619962 #626199

tetradic

#996261 #7C9961 #619899 #7E6199

square

#996261 #7C9961 #619899 #7E6199

split-complementary

#996261 #61997E #617C99

monochromatic

#4E3232 #744A49 #996261 #B28685 #CAABAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#996261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#996261 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996261

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996261	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6A61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A45C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 98, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.072 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b98f8d',
    500: '#996261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996261;
$custom-light: #b98f8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.071,
    "s": 22.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55552,
    "c": 0.07194,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996261

secondary

#9EB8B8

accent

#BDBF69

background

#FBF8F8

surface

#F6F0F0

border

#D0CBCB

text

#120C0C

muted

#817D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #996261

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

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