#9B5859#9B5859

#9B5859 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.089 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5859
RGB	rgb(155, 88, 89)
HSL	hsl(359, 28%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(359, 43%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.2%, 42.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.18, 27.68, 11.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.18, 29.98, 22.60°)
OKLab	oklab(53.8% 0.0836 0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(53.8% 0.089 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8115, 14.6710, 11.2903)
Luminance	0.1467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5859 #589B9A

analogous

#9B587B #9B5859 #9B7858

triadic

#9B5859 #599B58 #58599B

tetradic

#9B5859 #7B9B58 #589B9A #78589B

square

#9B5859 #7B9B58 #589B9A #78589B

split-complementary

#9B5859 #589B78 #587B9B

monochromatic

#4D2C2C #744243 #9B5859 #B47C7D #CBA3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#9B5859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#9B5859 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B5859

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B5859	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 88, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.089 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb8887',
    500: '#9b5859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5859;
$custom-light: #bb8887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.104,
    "s": 27.572,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53801,
    "c": 0.08862,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5859

secondary

#96B8B8

accent

#C4C264

background

#FBF8F8

surface

#F7F0EF

border

#D0CBCA

text

#120B0B

muted

#817C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5859

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

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