#997477#997477

#997477 is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.047 H 13.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997477
RGB	rgb(153, 116, 119)
HSL	hsl(355, 15%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(355, 24%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.2%, 22.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.50, 15.00, 3.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.50, 15.52, 14.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.63% 0.0456 0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(59.63% 0.047 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7123, 20.5960, 20.2283)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997477 #749996

analogous

#997489 #997477 #998374

triadic

#997477 #779974 #747799

tetradic

#997477 #899974 #749996 #837499

square

#997477 #899974 #749996 #837499

split-complementary

#997477 #749983 #748999

monochromatic

#553E40 #78585B #997477 #B3979A #CDBBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#997477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#997477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997477

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997477	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7977

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838076

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A07175

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 116, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.047 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b79c9e',
    500: '#997477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997477;
$custom-light: #b79c9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.135,
    "s": 15.353,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59627,
    "c": 0.04682,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997477

secondary

#ACBCBB

accent

#B8B270

background

#FBF9F9

surface

#F6F2F2

border

#D0CCCC

text

#110E0E

muted

#807E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #997477

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

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