#9C8A8D#9C8A8D

#9C8A8D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.022 H 6.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A8D
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(350, 8%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(350, 12%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 9.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, 7.29, 0.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 7.34, 6.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% 0.022 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.022 6.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6061, 27.1685, 28.9839)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A8D #8A9C99

analogous

#9C8A96 #9C8A8D #9C908A

triadic

#9C8A8D #8D9C8A #8A8D9C

tetradic

#9C8A8D #969C8A #8A9C99 #908A9C

square

#9C8A8D #969C8A #8A9C99 #908A9C

split-complementary

#9C8A8D #8A9C90 #8A969C

monochromatic

#5D4F51 #7E6B6E #9C8A8D #B8ABAD #D4CCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#9C8A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#9C8A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A8D

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A8D	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0898B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.022 6.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9acae',
    500: '#9c8a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a8d;
$custom-light: #b9acae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65044,
    "c": 0.02208,
    "h": 6.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A8D

secondary

#BDC5C3

accent

#B1A876

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A8D

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

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