#996C79#996C79

#996C79 is a mid, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.060 H 0.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996C79
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 121)
HSL	hsl(343, 18%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(343, 29%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 20.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.55, 19.93, -0.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.55, 19.93, 359.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.13% 0.0599 0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(58.13% 0.06 0.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9509, 18.8790, 20.5733)
Luminance	0.1888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996C79 #6C998C

analogous

#996C8F #996C79 #99756C

triadic

#996C79 #79996C #6C7999

tetradic

#996C79 #8F996C #6C998C #756C99

square

#996C79 #8F996C #6C998C #756C99

split-complementary

#996C79 #6C9975 #6C8F99

monochromatic

#523940 #76525C #996C79 #B2909A #CBB4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#996C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#996C79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996C79

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996C79	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7B78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A16A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.060 0.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8969f',
    500: '#996c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996c79;
$custom-light: #b8969f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 342.667,
    "s": 18.072,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58134,
    "c": 0.05989,
    "h": 0.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996C79

secondary

#A6BAB5

accent

#BBA46D

background

#FBF9F9

surface

#F6F2F2

border

#D0CCCC

text

#110D0E

muted

#807E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #996C79

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →