#9C8985#9C8985

#9C8985 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.024 H 31.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8985
RGB	rgb(156, 137, 133)
HSL	hsl(10, 10%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(10, 15%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 14.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.65, 6.46, 4.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.65, 8.03, 36.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% 0.0203 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.024 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8894, 26.6533, 25.9139)
Luminance	0.2665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8985 #85989C

analogous

#9C858D #9C8985 #9C9585

triadic

#9C8985 #859C89 #89859C

tetradic

#9C8985 #8D9C85 #85989C #95859C

square

#9C8985 #8D9C85 #85989C #95859C

split-complementary

#9C8985 #859C95 #858D9C

monochromatic

#5C4E4B #7E6A66 #9C8985 #B7AAA7 #D3CAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9C8985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#9C8985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8985

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8985	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8B85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918E85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A18788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 137, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.024 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9aba8',
    500: '#9c8985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8985;
$custom-light: #b9aba8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.435,
    "s": 10.407,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.646,
    "c": 0.02387,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8985

secondary

#BAC1C3

accent

#A8B374

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#11100F

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8985

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

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