#996B73#996B73

#996B73 is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.060 H 7.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996B73
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 115)
HSL	hsl(350, 18%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(350, 30%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 24.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.13, 19.56, 2.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.13, 19.78, 8.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% 0.0592 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.06 7.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.4894, 18.5267, 18.6604)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996B73 #6B9991

analogous

#996B8A #996B73 #997A6B

triadic

#996B73 #73996B #6B7399

tetradic

#996B73 #8A996B #6B9991 #7A6B99

square

#996B73 #8A996B #6B9991 #7A6B99

split-complementary

#996B73 #6B997A #6B8A99

monochromatic

#51383D #765157 #996B73 #B28F95 #CBB3B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#996B73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#996B73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996B73

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996B73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996B73	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7A72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1686E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996b73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.060 7.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8959b',
    500: '#996b73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996b73;
$custom-light: #b8959b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996b73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.565,
    "s": 18.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57758,
    "c": 0.05974,
    "h": 7.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996B73

secondary

#A6BAB7

accent

#BBAD6D

background

#FBF9F9

surface

#F6F2F2

border

#D0CCCC

text

#110D0E

muted

#807E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #996B73

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

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