#997D79#997D79

#997D79 is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.035 H 27.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997D79
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 121)
HSL	hsl(8, 14%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(8, 21%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 20.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 10.14, 6.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 11.91, 31.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% 0.0314 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.035 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9218, 22.8209, 21.2302)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997D79 #799599

analogous

#997985 #997D79 #998D79

triadic

#997D79 #79997D #7D7999

tetradic

#997D79 #859979 #799599 #8D7999

square

#997D79 #859979 #799599 #8D7999

split-complementary

#997D79 #79998D #798599

monochromatic

#564442 #79605C #997D79 #B39F9C #CEC0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#997D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#997D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997D79

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997D79	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A07A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.035 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a29f',
    500: '#997d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997d79;
$custom-light: #b7a29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 13.559,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61494,
    "c": 0.0354,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997D79

secondary

#B0BCBE

accent

#AEB671

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F3F2

border

#D0CDCC

text

#110F0E

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #997D79

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

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