#9D5D5D#9D5D5D

#9D5D5D is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.084 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D5D5D
RGB	rgb(157, 93, 93)
HSL	hsl(0, 26%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(0, 41%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.8%, 40.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.70, 26.14, 11.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.70, 28.46, 23.31°)
OKLab	oklab(55.05% 0.079 0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(55.05% 0.084 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.7957, 15.7888, 12.3588)
Luminance	0.1579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D5D5D #5D9D9D

analogous

#9D5D7D #9D5D5D #9D7D5D

triadic

#9D5D5D #5D9D5D #5D5D9D

tetradic

#9D5D5D #7D9D5D #5D9D9D #7D5D9D

square

#9D5D5D #7D9D5D #5D9D9D #7D5D9D

split-complementary

#9D5D5D #5D9D7D #5D7D9D

monochromatic

#502F2F #774646 #9D5D5D #B58282 #CCA9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#9D5D5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#9D5D5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D5D5D

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D5D5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D5D5D	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A675D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A745C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9555D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d5d5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 93, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.084 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8c8a',
    500: '#9d5d5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d5d5d;
$custom-light: #bc8c8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d5d5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 25.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55047,
    "c": 0.08414,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D5D5D

secondary

#9CBABA

accent

#C2C266

background

#FBF8F8

surface

#F7F0F0

border

#D0CBCB

text

#120C0B

muted

#817D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D5D5D

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

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