#9C8D8A#9C8D8A

#9C8D8A is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.019 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D8A
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(10, 8%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(10, 12%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 11.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, 5.06, 3.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 6.23, 35.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% 0.0159 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.019 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8223, 27.9532, 27.9697)
Luminance	0.2795 (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

#9C8D8A #8A999C

analogous

#9C8A90 #9C8D8A #9C968A

triadic

#9C8D8A #8A9C8D #8D8A9C

tetradic

#9C8D8A #909C8A #8A999C #968A9C

square

#9C8D8A #909C8A #8A999C #968A9C

split-complementary

#9C8D8A #8A9C96 #8A909C

monochromatic

#5D514F #7E6E6B #9C8D8A #B8ADAB #D4CECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#9C8D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#9C8D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D8A

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D8A	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93918A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A08B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.019 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9aeac',
    500: '#9c8d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d8a;
$custom-light: #b9aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65577,
    "c": 0.01862,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D8A

secondary

#BDC3C5

accent

#A8B176

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D8A

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

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