#997E80#997E80

#997E80 is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.033 H 13.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997E80
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 128)
HSL	hsl(356, 12%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(356, 18%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 16.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.33, 10.72, 2.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.33, 11.08, 14.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.9% 0.0326 0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(61.9% 0.033 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4940, 23.2533, 23.6160)
Luminance	0.2325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997E80 #7E9997

analogous

#997E8E #997E80 #998A7E

triadic

#997E80 #80997E #7E8099

tetradic

#997E80 #8E997E #7E9997 #8A7E99

square

#997E80 #8E997E #7E9997 #8A7E99

split-complementary

#997E80 #7E998A #7E8E99

monochromatic

#574547 #7A6062 #997E80 #B4A0A2 #CFC2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#997E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#997E80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997E80

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997E80	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828280

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.033 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a3a4',
    500: '#997e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997e80;
$custom-light: #b7a3a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.556,
    "s": 11.688,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61901,
    "c": 0.03348,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997E80

secondary

#B4BFBE

accent

#B5B073

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F3F4

border

#D0CDCE

text

#110F0F

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #997E80

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

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