#996E6E#996E6E

#996E6E is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.055 H 18.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996E6E
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 110)
HSL	hsl(0, 17%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 28%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 28.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.75, 17.08, 6.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.75, 18.37, 21.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% 0.0521 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.055 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5277, 19.0511, 17.2921)
Luminance	0.1905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996E6E #6E9999

analogous

#996E84 #996E6E #99846E

triadic

#996E6E #6E996E #6E6E99

tetradic

#996E6E #84996E #6E9999 #846E99

square

#996E6E #84996E #6E9999 #846E99

split-complementary

#996E6E #6E9984 #6E8499

monochromatic

#533A3A #765353 #996E6E #B29292 #CCB6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#996E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#996E6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996E6E

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996E6E	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76746E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807C6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A26A6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.055 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b89897',
    500: '#996e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996e6e;
$custom-light: #b89897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 17.409,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58191,
    "c": 0.05501,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996E6E

secondary

#A8BBBB

accent

#BABA6E

background

#FBF9F9

surface

#F6F2F2

border

#D0CCCC

text

#110D0D

muted

#807E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #996E6E

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

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