#9C8A89#9C8A89

#9C8A89 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.022 H 21.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A89
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 137)
HSL	hsl(3, 9%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(3, 12%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 12.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, 6.58, 3.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 7.24, 24.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% 0.0203 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.022 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3138, 27.0516, 27.4447)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A89 #899B9C

analogous

#9C8991 #9C8A89 #9C9489

triadic

#9C8A89 #899C8A #8A899C

tetradic

#9C8A89 #919C89 #899B9C #94899C

square

#9C8A89 #919C89 #899B9C #94899C

split-complementary

#9C8A89 #899C94 #89919C

monochromatic

#5D4F4E #7E6B6A #9C8A89 #B8ABAA #D4CCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#9C8A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#9C8A89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A89

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A89	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.022 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9acab',
    500: '#9c8a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a89;
$custom-light: #b9acab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.158,
    "s": 8.756,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64924,
    "c": 0.02185,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A89

secondary

#BDC4C4

accent

#AFB276

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A89

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

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