#9D5656#9D5656

#9D5656 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.094 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D5656
RGB	rgb(157, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 29%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(0, 45%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 45.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.94, 29.24, 13.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.94, 32.02, 24.04°)
OKLab	oklab(53.65% 0.0881 0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(53.65% 0.094 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9132, 14.4973, 10.6045)
Luminance	0.1450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D5656 #569D9D

analogous

#9D5679 #9D5656 #9D7956

triadic

#9D5656 #569D56 #56569D

tetradic

#9D5656 #799D56 #569D9D #79569D

square

#9D5656 #799D56 #569D9D #79569D

split-complementary

#9D5656 #569D79 #56799D

monochromatic

#4E2B2B #754040 #9D5656 #B67A7A #CCA2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#9D5656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#9D5656 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D5656

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D5656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D5656	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA4D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d5656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.094 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8785',
    500: '#9d5656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d5656;
$custom-light: #bd8785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d5656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 29.218,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53652,
    "c": 0.09411,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D5656

secondary

#95B9B9

accent

#C5C562

background

#FBF8F8

surface

#F7EFEF

border

#D0CACA

text

#120B0B

muted

#817C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D5656

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

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