#9D5D55#9D5D55

#9D5D55 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.086 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D5D55
RGB	rgb(157, 93, 85)
HSL	hsl(7, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(7, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.8%, 45.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.52, 25.22, 15.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.52, 29.77, 32.09°)
OKLab	oklab(54.85% 0.0756 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(54.85% 0.086 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4597, 15.6544, 10.5893)
Luminance	0.1565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D5D55 #55959D

analogous

#9D5571 #9D5D55 #9D8155

triadic

#9D5D55 #559D5D #5D559D

tetradic

#9D5D55 #719D55 #55959D #81559D

square

#9D5D55 #719D55 #55959D #81559D

split-complementary

#9D5D55 #559D81 #55719D

monochromatic

#4E2E2A #754540 #9D5D55 #B68079 #CCA5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#9D5D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#9D5D55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D5D55

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D5D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D5D55	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9545B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d5d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 93, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.086 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8c85',
    500: '#9d5d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d5d55;
$custom-light: #bd8c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d5d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 29.752,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54852,
    "c": 0.0855,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D5D55

secondary

#95B5B9

accent

#BBC662

background

#FBF8F8

surface

#F7F0EF

border

#D0CBCA

text

#120C0B

muted

#817D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D5D55

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

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