#996A6D#996A6D

#996A6D is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.061 H 14.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996A6D
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 109)
HSL	hsl(356, 19%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(356, 31%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 28.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.72, 19.24, 5.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.72, 20.12, 17.05°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% 0.0585 0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.061 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.0517, 18.1858, 16.8664)
Luminance	0.1818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996A6D #6A9996

analogous

#996A84 #996A6D #997E6A

triadic

#996A6D #6D996A #6A6D99

tetradic

#996A6D #84996A #6A9996 #7E6A99

square

#996A6D #84996A #6A9996 #7E6A99

split-complementary

#996A6D #6A997E #6A8499

monochromatic

#513839 #755053 #996A6D #B28E91 #CBB3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#996A6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#996A6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996A6D

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996A6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996A6D	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72716D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2666B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996a6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.061 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b89596',
    500: '#996a6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996a6d;
$custom-light: #b89596;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996a6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.17,
    "s": 18.725,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57391,
    "c": 0.06052,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996A6D

secondary

#A5BAB9

accent

#BBB66C

background

#FBF9F9

surface

#F6F1F2

border

#D0CBCC

text

#110D0D

muted

#807E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #996A6D

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

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