#9D494E#9D494E

#9D494E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.112 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D494E
RGB	rgb(157, 73, 78)
HSL	hsl(356, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(356, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 50.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.98, 35.43, 13.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.98, 38.05, 21.37°)
OKLab	oklab(51.35% 0.1065 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(51.35% 0.112 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6636, 12.4852, 8.6859)
Luminance	0.1248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D494E #499D98

analogous

#9D4978 #9D494E #9D6E49

triadic

#9D494E #4E9D49 #494E9D

tetradic

#9D494E #789D49 #499D98 #6E499D

square

#9D494E #789D49 #499D98 #6E499D

split-complementary

#9D494E #499D6E #49789D

monochromatic

#492224 #733639 #9D494E #BA6A6E #CD9397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#9D494E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#9D494E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D494E

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D494E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D494E	1.00	6.01	3.50	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C584E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716A4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA3D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d494e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 73, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.112 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7e7f',
    500: '#9d494e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d494e;
$custom-light: #be7e7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d494e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.429,
    "s": 36.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51345,
    "c": 0.11207,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D494E

secondary

#89B9B6

accent

#CDC65B

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F8EEEE

border

#D1C9C9

text

#130A0A

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D494E

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

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