#9C8A8E#9C8A8E

#9C8A8E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.022 H 2.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A8E
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 142)
HSL	hsl(347, 8%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(347, 12%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, 7.47, 0.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 7.48, 2.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% 0.0224 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.022 2.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6808, 27.1984, 29.3776)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A8E #8A9C98

analogous

#9C8A97 #9C8A8E #9C8F8A

triadic

#9C8A8E #8E9C8A #8A8E9C

tetradic

#9C8A8E #979C8A #8A9C98 #8F8A9C

square

#9C8A8E #979C8A #8A9C98 #8F8A9C

split-complementary

#9C8A8E #8A9C8F #8A979C

monochromatic

#5D4F52 #7E6B6F #9C8A8E #B8ABAE #D4CCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#9C8A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#9C8A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A8E

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A8E	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90908E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0898B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.022 2.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9acaf',
    500: '#9c8a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a8e;
$custom-light: #b9acaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.667,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65074,
    "c": 0.02238,
    "h": 2.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A8E

secondary

#BDC5C3

accent

#B1A476

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A8E

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

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