#9C8A8A#9C8A8A

#9C8A8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.022 H 17.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A8A
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 8%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(0, 12%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 11.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, 6.76, 2.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 7.20, 20.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% 0.0207 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.022 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3859, 27.0804, 27.8242)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A8A #8A9C9C

analogous

#9C8A93 #9C8A8A #9C938A

triadic

#9C8A8A #8A9C8A #8A8A9C

tetradic

#9C8A8A #939C8A #8A9C9C #938A9C

square

#9C8A8A #939C8A #8A9C9C #938A9C

split-complementary

#9C8A8A #8A9C93 #8A939C

monochromatic

#5D4F4F #7E6B6B #9C8A8A #B8ABAB #D4CCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#9C8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#9C8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A8A

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A8A	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.022 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9acac',
    500: '#9c8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a8a;
$custom-light: #b9acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64954,
    "c": 0.02176,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A8A

secondary

#BDC5C5

accent

#B1B176

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A8A

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

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