#9C8A87#9C8A87

#9C8A87 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.022 H 29.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A87
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 135)
HSL	hsl(9, 10%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(9, 13%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 13.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, 6.23, 4.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 7.45, 33.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% 0.0195 0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.022 29)
XYZ	xyz(27.1717, 26.9948, 26.6961)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A87 #87999C

analogous

#9C878F #9C8A87 #9C9587

triadic

#9C8A87 #879C8A #8A879C

tetradic

#9C8A87 #8F9C87 #87999C #95879C

square

#9C8A87 #8F9C87 #87999C #95879C

split-complementary

#9C8A87 #879C95 #878F9C

monochromatic

#5C4F4C #7E6B68 #9C8A87 #B8ABA9 #D3CBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#9C8A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#9C8A87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A87

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A87	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8C87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928F87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A18889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.022 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9aca9',
    500: '#9c8a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a87;
$custom-light: #b9aca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 9.589,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64865,
    "c": 0.02229,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.26994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A87

secondary

#BBC2C4

accent

#AAB375

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A87

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

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