#9C8A86#9C8A86

#9C8A86 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.023 H 32.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A86
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 134)
HSL	hsl(11, 10%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(11, 14%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 14.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, 6.06, 4.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 7.62, 37.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% 0.0191 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.023 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1016, 26.9667, 26.3271)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A86 #86989C

analogous

#9C868D #9C8A86 #9C9586

triadic

#9C8A86 #869C8A #8A869C

tetradic

#9C8A86 #8D9C86 #86989C #95869C

square

#9C8A86 #8D9C86 #86989C #95869C

split-complementary

#9C8A86 #869C95 #868D9C

monochromatic

#5C4E4B #7E6B67 #9C8A86 #B8ABA8 #D3CBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#9C8A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#9C8A86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A86

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A86	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8C86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928F86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A18889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.023 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9aca9',
    500: '#9c8a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a86;
$custom-light: #b9aca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64837,
    "c": 0.02264,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A86

secondary

#BAC2C3

accent

#A8B375

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#11100F

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A86

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

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