#9B6E63#9B6E63

#9B6E63 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.060 H 34.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B6E63
RGB	rgb(155, 110, 99)
HSL	hsl(12, 22%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 36%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 36.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, 16.36, 13.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 21.05, 38.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.13% 0.0498 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(58.13% 0.06 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.3463, 19.0226, 14.3494)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B6E63 #63909B

analogous

#9B6374 #9B6E63 #9B8A63

triadic

#9B6E63 #639B6E #6E639B

tetradic

#9B6E63 #749B63 #63909B #8A639B

square

#9B6E63 #749B63 #63909B #8A639B

split-complementary

#9B6E63 #639B8A #63749B

monochromatic

#503933 #76534B #9B6E63 #B39188 #CBB3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#9B6E63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#9B6E63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B6E63

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B6E63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B6E63	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787362

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837C63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5686B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b6e63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 110, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.060 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba978f',
    500: '#9b6e63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b6e63;
$custom-light: #ba978f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b6e63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.786,
    "s": 22.047,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5813,
    "c": 0.06028,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B6E63

secondary

#A0B5BA

accent

#AEBF69

background

#FBF9F8

surface

#F6F2F0

border

#D0CCCB

text

#120D0C

muted

#817E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B6E63

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

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