#9B4E55#9B4E55

#9B4E55 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.103 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B4E55
RGB	rgb(155, 78, 85)
HSL	hsl(355, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(355, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 45.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.88, 32.73, 10.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.88, 34.45, 18.19°)
OKLab	oklab(52.02% 0.0989 0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(52.02% 0.103 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.8827, 13.0750, 10.1745)
Luminance	0.1307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B4E55 #4E9B94

analogous

#9B4E7B #9B4E55 #9B6D4E

triadic

#9B4E55 #559B4E #4E559B

tetradic

#9B4E55 #7B9B4E #4E9B94 #6D4E9B

square

#9B4E55 #7B9B4E #4E9B94 #6D4E9B

split-complementary

#9B4E55 #4E9B6D #4E7B9B

monochromatic

#4A2528 #723A3F #9B4E55 #B76F76 #CB989D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#9B4E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#9B4E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B4E55

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B4E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B4E55	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5C55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716B53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A84451

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b4e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 78, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.103 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8184',
    500: '#9b4e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b4e55;
$custom-light: #bc8184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b4e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52017,
    "c": 0.10264,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B4E55

secondary

#8DB8B4

accent

#C9BF5F

background

#FBF8F8

surface

#F7EFEF

border

#D0CACA

text

#120A0B

muted

#817C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B4E55

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

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