#9C8486#9C8486

#9C8486 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.029 H 12.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8486
RGB	rgb(156, 132, 134)
HSL	hsl(355, 11%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(355, 15%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 14.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, 9.47, 2.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 9.75, 13.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% 0.0288 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.029 12.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2645, 25.2924, 26.0480)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8486 #849C9A

analogous

#9C8492 #9C8486 #9C8E84

triadic

#9C8486 #869C84 #84869C

tetradic

#9C8486 #929C84 #849C9A #8E849C

square

#9C8486 #929C84 #849C9A #8E849C

split-complementary

#9C8486 #849C8E #84929C

monochromatic

#5C4A4B #7E6567 #9C8486 #B7A6A7 #D3C8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#9C8486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#9C8486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8486

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8486	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888786

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8B86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A18285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 132, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.029 12.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a7a9',
    500: '#9c8486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8486;
$custom-light: #b9a7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 10.811,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.636,
    "c": 0.02946,
    "h": 12.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8486

secondary

#B9C3C2

accent

#B4AE74

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#110F0F

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8486

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

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