#996A6A#996A6A

#996A6A is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.061 H 19.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996A6A
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 106)
HSL	hsl(0, 19%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(0, 31%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 30.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.64, 18.81, 7.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.64, 20.28, 21.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.31% 0.0572 0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(57.31% 0.061 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8930, 18.1223, 16.0304)
Luminance	0.1812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996A6A #6A9999

analogous

#996A81 #996A6A #99816A

triadic

#996A6A #6A996A #6A6A99

tetradic

#996A6A #81996A #6A9999 #816A99

square

#996A6A #81996A #6A9999 #816A99

split-complementary

#996A6A #6A9981 #6A8199

monochromatic

#513838 #755050 #996A6A #B28E8E #CBB3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#996A6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#996A6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996A6A

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996A6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996A6A	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73716A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7A69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2656A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996a6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.061 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b89594',
    500: '#996a6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996a6a;
$custom-light: #b89594;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996a6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 18.725,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57306,
    "c": 0.06057,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996A6A

secondary

#A5BABA

accent

#BBBB6C

background

#FBF9F9

surface

#F6F1F1

border

#D0CBCB

text

#110D0D

muted

#807E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #996A6A

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

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