#9C8A88#9C8A88

#9C8A88 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.022 H 25.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A88
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 136)
HSL	hsl(6, 9%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(6, 13%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 12.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, 6.41, 3.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 7.32, 28.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% 0.0199 0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.022 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2424, 27.0230, 27.0687)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A88 #889A9C

analogous

#9C8890 #9C8A88 #9C9488

triadic

#9C8A88 #889C8A #8A889C

tetradic

#9C8A88 #909C88 #889A9C #94889C

square

#9C8A88 #909C88 #889A9C #94889C

split-complementary

#9C8A88 #889C94 #88909C

monochromatic

#5D4F4D #7E6B69 #9C8A88 #B8ABA9 #D4CCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#9C8A88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#9C8A88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A88

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A88	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)

#8D8C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A08889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.022 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9acaa',
    500: '#9c8a88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a88;
$custom-light: #b9acaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 9.174,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64895,
    "c": 0.02202,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A88

secondary

#BCC3C4

accent

#ACB276

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A88

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

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