#997D7D#997D7D

#997D7D is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.035 H 18.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997D7D
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 125)
HSL	hsl(0, 12%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(0, 18%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 18.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, 10.79, 4.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 11.53, 20.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% 0.033 0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.035 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1722, 22.9210, 22.5490)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997D7D #7D9999

analogous

#997D8B #997D7D #998B7D

triadic

#997D7D #7D997D #7D7D99

tetradic

#997D7D #8B997D #7D9999 #8B7D99

square

#997D7D #8B997D #7D9999 #8B7D99

split-complementary

#997D7D #7D998B #7D8B99

monochromatic

#574444 #795F5F #997D7D #B49F9F #CFC2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#997D7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#997D7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997D7D

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997D7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997D7D	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82817D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88867D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7A7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997d7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.035 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a2a2',
    500: '#997d7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997d7d;
$custom-light: #b7a2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997d7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 12.069,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61609,
    "c": 0.03475,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997D7D

secondary

#B3BFBF

accent

#B5B573

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F3F2

border

#D0CDCC

text

#110F0F

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #997D7D

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

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