#9C8686#9C8686

#9C8686 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.027 H 17.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8686
RGB	rgb(156, 134, 134)
HSL	hsl(0, 10%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(0, 14%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 14.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, 8.33, 3.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 8.88, 20.33°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% 0.0255 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.027 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5383, 25.8400, 26.1393)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8686 #869C9C

analogous

#9C8691 #9C8686 #9C9186

triadic

#9C8686 #869C86 #86869C

tetradic

#9C8686 #919C86 #869C9C #91869C

square

#9C8686 #919C86 #869C9C #91869C

split-complementary

#9C8686 #869C91 #86919C

monochromatic

#5C4B4B #7E6767 #9C8686 #B8A8A8 #D3C9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#9C8686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#9C8686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8686

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8686	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8986

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8D86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A18486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 134, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.027 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a9a9',
    500: '#9c8686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8686;
$custom-light: #b9a9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6401,
    "c": 0.02684,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8686

secondary

#BAC3C3

accent

#B3B375

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#110F0F

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8686

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

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