#9C8C8A#9C8C8A

#9C8C8A is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.020 H 26.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8C8A
RGB	rgb(156, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(7, 8%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(7, 12%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 11.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, 5.63, 3.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 6.50, 29.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% 0.0175 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.02 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6755, 27.6596, 27.9208)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8C8A #8A9A9C

analogous

#9C8A91 #9C8C8A #9C958A

triadic

#9C8C8A #8A9C8C #8C8A9C

tetradic

#9C8C8A #919C8A #8A9A9C #958A9C

square

#9C8C8A #919C8A #8A9A9C #958A9C

split-complementary

#9C8C8A #8A9C95 #8A919C

monochromatic

#5D504F #7E6D6B #9C8C8A #B8ADAB #D4CDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#9C8C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#9C8C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8C8A

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8C8A	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93918A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A08A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.020 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9adac',
    500: '#9c8c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8c8a;
$custom-light: #b9adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65369,
    "c": 0.01954,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8C8A

secondary

#BDC4C5

accent

#ABB176

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8C8A

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

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