#9B5A4E#9B5A4E

#9B5A4E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.088 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5A4E
RGB	rgb(155, 90, 78)
HSL	hsl(9, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(9, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 49.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.40, 25.35, 18.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.40, 31.36, 36.05°)
OKLab	oklab(53.89% 0.0755 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(53.89% 0.088 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.5500, 14.8327, 9.0923)
Luminance	0.1483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5A4E #4E8F9B

analogous

#9B4E68 #9B5A4E #9B804E

triadic

#9B5A4E #4E9B5A #5A4E9B

tetradic

#9B5A4E #689B4E #4E8F9B #804E9B

square

#9B5A4E #689B4E #4E8F9B #804E9B

split-complementary

#9B5A4E #4E9B80 #4E689B

monochromatic

#4A2B25 #72423A #9B5A4E #B77B6F #CBA098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#9B5A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#9B5A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B5A4E

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B5A4E	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69634D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79714D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A85057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 90, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.088 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb897f',
    500: '#9b5a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5a4e;
$custom-light: #bb897f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.351,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53894,
    "c": 0.08835,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5A4E

secondary

#8DB1B8

accent

#B9C95F

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F7F0EE

border

#D0CBC9

text

#120B0A

muted

#817C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5A4E

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

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