#996E6C#996E6C

#996E6C is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.055 H 21.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996E6C
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 108)
HSL	hsl(3, 18%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 29%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 29.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.70, 16.79, 7.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.70, 18.55, 25.15°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% 0.0512 0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.055 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.4201, 19.0081, 16.7251)
Luminance	0.1901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996E6C #6C9799

analogous

#996C80 #996E6C #99846C

triadic

#996E6C #6C996E #6E6C99

tetradic

#996E6C #80996C #6C9799 #846C99

square

#996E6C #80996C #6C9799 #846C99

split-complementary

#996E6C #6C9984 #6C8099

monochromatic

#523A39 #765352 #996E6C #B29290 #CBB5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#996E6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#996E6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996E6C

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996E6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996E6C	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76746C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807C6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2696E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996e6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.055 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b89896',
    500: '#996e6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996e6c;
$custom-light: #b89896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996e6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.667,
    "s": 18.072,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58135,
    "c": 0.05521,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996E6C

secondary

#A6B9BA

accent

#B7BB6D

background

#FBF9F9

surface

#F6F2F1

border

#D0CCCB

text

#110D0D

muted

#807E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #996E6C

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

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