#9B494F#9B494F

#9B494F is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.110 H 17.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B494F
RGB	rgb(155, 73, 79)
HSL	hsl(356, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(356, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 49%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.69, 34.77, 12.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.69, 37.05, 20.22°)
OKLab	oklab(51.07% 0.1047 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(51.07% 0.11 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3126, 12.3000, 8.8580)
Luminance	0.1230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B494F #499B95

analogous

#9B4978 #9B494F #9B6C49

triadic

#9B494F #4F9B49 #494F9B

tetradic

#9B494F #789B49 #499B95 #6C499B

square

#9B494F #789B49 #499B95 #6C499B

split-complementary

#9B494F #499B6C #49789B

monochromatic

#482225 #71353A #9B494F #B8696F #CC9397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#9B494F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#9B494F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B494F

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B494F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B494F	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B584F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F694D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A83E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b494f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 73, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.110 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc7e80',
    500: '#9b494f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b494f;
$custom-light: #bc7e80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b494f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.61,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51072,
    "c": 0.10959,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B494F

secondary

#88B8B4

accent

#CCC45C

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F8EEEE

border

#D1C9C9

text

#120A0A

muted

#817C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B494F

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

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