#9C656D#9C656D

#9C656D is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.072 H 10.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C656D
RGB	rgb(156, 101, 109)
HSL	hsl(351, 22%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(351, 35%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 30.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.86, 23.30, 4.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.86, 23.77, 11.44°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% 0.0707 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.072 10.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1249, 17.4808, 16.7265)
Luminance	0.1748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C656D #659C94

analogous

#9C6588 #9C656D #9C7865

triadic

#9C656D #6D9C65 #656D9C

tetradic

#9C656D #889C65 #659C94 #78659C

square

#9C656D #889C65 #659C94 #78659C

split-complementary

#9C656D #659C78 #65889C

monochromatic

#523539 #774D53 #9C656D #B48A90 #CCB0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#9C656D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#9C656D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C656D

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C656D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C656D	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6E6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B786C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c656d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 101, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.072 10.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb9196',
    500: '#9c656d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c656d;
$custom-light: #bb9196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c656d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.273,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56809,
    "c": 0.07176,
    "h": 10.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C656D

secondary

#A2BBB7

accent

#BEB26A

background

#FBF8F9

surface

#F6F0F2

border

#D0CBCC

text

#120D0D

muted

#817D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C656D

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

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