#997170#997170

#997170 is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.051 H 20.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997170
RGB	rgb(153, 113, 112)
HSL	hsl(1, 17%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(1, 27%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 26.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.56, 15.65, 6.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.56, 17.04, 23.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% 0.0478 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.051 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9670, 19.7535, 17.9818)
Luminance	0.1975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997170 #709899

analogous

#997084 #997170 #998670

triadic

#997170 #709971 #717099

tetradic

#997170 #849970 #709899 #867099

square

#997170 #849970 #709899 #867099

split-complementary

#997170 #709986 #708499

monochromatic

#533C3B #775655 #997170 #B29494 #CCB8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#997170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#997170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997170

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997170	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827E6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A16D71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 113, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.051 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b89a99',
    500: '#997170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997170;
$custom-light: #b89a99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.463,
    "s": 16.735,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58834,
    "c": 0.05095,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997170

secondary

#A9BBBB

accent

#B8B96E

background

#FBF9F9

surface

#F6F2F2

border

#D0CCCC

text

#110E0D

muted

#807E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #997170

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

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