#9C8484#9C8484

#9C8484 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.029 H 17.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8484
RGB	rgb(156, 132, 132)
HSL	hsl(0, 11%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 15%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 15.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.31, 9.13, 3.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.31, 9.74, 20.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% 0.028 0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.029 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1263, 25.2371, 25.3203)
Luminance	0.2524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8484 #849C9C

analogous

#9C8490 #9C8484 #9C9084

triadic

#9C8484 #849C84 #84849C

tetradic

#9C8484 #909C84 #849C9C #90849C

square

#9C8484 #909C84 #849C9C #90849C

split-complementary

#9C8484 #849C90 #84909C

monochromatic

#5C4A4A #7E6565 #9C8484 #B7A6A6 #D3C8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#9C8484 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#9C8484 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8484

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8484	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8484	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8B84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A18284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8484;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 132, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.029 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a7a7',
    500: '#9c8484',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8484;
$custom-light: #b9a7a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8484",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 10.811,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63541,
    "c": 0.0294,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8484

secondary

#B9C3C3

accent

#B4B474

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#110F0F

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8484

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

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