#9C4E50#9C4E50

#9C4E50 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.104 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C4E50
RGB	rgb(156, 78, 80)
HSL	hsl(358, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(358, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 48.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.91, 32.59, 13.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.91, 35.43, 23.08°)
OKLab	oklab(52.04% 0.0979 0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(52.04% 0.104 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.8838, 13.0977, 9.1741)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C4E50 #4E9C9A

analogous

#9C4E77 #9C4E50 #9C734E

triadic

#9C4E50 #509C4E #4E509C

tetradic

#9C4E50 #779C4E #4E9C9A #734E9C

square

#9C4E50 #779C4E #4E9C9A #734E9C

split-complementary

#9C4E50 #4E9C73 #4E779C

monochromatic

#4A2526 #733A3B #9C4E50 #B77072 #CC999A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#9C4E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#9C4E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C4E50

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C4E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C4E50	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726B4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9434F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c4e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 78, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.104 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8181',
    500: '#9c4e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c4e50;
$custom-light: #bd8181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c4e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.462,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52035,
    "c": 0.10402,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C4E50

secondary

#8DB8B7

accent

#C9C75E

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8EFEE

border

#D1CAC9

text

#120A0A

muted

#817C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C4E50

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