#9C8A99#9C8A99

#9C8A99 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.030 H 331.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A99
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 153)
HSL	hsl(310, 8%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(310, 12%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 1.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.48, 9.52, -5.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.48, 10.99, 330.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% 0.0267 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.03 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5478, 27.5452, 33.9437)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A99 #8A9C8D

analogous

#968A9C #9C8A99 #9C8A90

triadic

#9C8A99 #999C8A #8A999C

tetradic

#9C8A99 #9C968A #8A9C8D #8A909C

square

#9C8A99 #9C968A #8A9C8D #8A909C

split-complementary

#9C8A99 #909C8A #8A9C96

monochromatic

#5D4F5B #7E6B7B #9C8A99 #B8ABB6 #D4CCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#9C8A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#9C8A99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A99

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A99	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.030 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9acb7',
    500: '#9c8a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a99;
$custom-light: #b9acb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 310,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65427,
    "c": 0.03038,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A99

secondary

#BDC5BE

accent

#B18076

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111011

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A99

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

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