#9B5949#9B5949

#9B5949 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.091 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5949
RGB	rgb(155, 89, 73)
HSL	hsl(12, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(12, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.6%, 52.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.08, 25.43, 21.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.08, 32.97, 39.55°)
OKLab	oklab(53.61% 0.0751 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(53.61% 0.091 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2937, 14.5961, 8.1559)
Luminance	0.1459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5949 #498B9B

analogous

#9B4962 #9B5949 #9B8249

triadic

#9B5949 #499B59 #59499B

tetradic

#9B5949 #629B49 #498B9B #82499B

square

#9B5949 #629B49 #498B9B #82499B

split-complementary

#9B5949 #499B82 #49629B

monochromatic

#482922 #714135 #9B5949 #B87869 #CC9E93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#9B5949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#9B5949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B5949

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B5949	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A84E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 89, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.091 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc897c',
    500: '#9b5949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5949;
$custom-light: #bc897c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.707,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53612,
    "c": 0.09113,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5949

secondary

#88AEB8

accent

#B6CC5C

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F7F0EE

border

#D0CBC9

text

#120B09

muted

#817C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5949

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

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