#9D5E5E#9D5E5E

#9D5E5E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.083 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D5E5E
RGB	rgb(157, 94, 94)
HSL	hsl(0, 25%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(0, 40%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 40.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.95, 25.69, 11.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.95, 27.96, 23.21°)
OKLab	oklab(55.25% 0.0777 0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(55.25% 0.083 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.9286, 15.9833, 12.6230)
Luminance	0.1598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D5E5E #5E9D9D

analogous

#9D5E7E #9D5E5E #9D7E5E

triadic

#9D5E5E #5E9D5E #5E5E9D

tetradic

#9D5E5E #7E9D5E #5E9D9D #7E5E9D

square

#9D5E5E #7E9D5E #5E9D9D #7E5E9D

split-complementary

#9D5E5E #5E9D7E #5E7E9D

monochromatic

#503030 #774747 #9D5E5E #B58383 #CCAAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#9D5E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#9D5E5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D5E5E

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D5E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D5E5E	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B685E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A745D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9575E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d5e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 94, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.083 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8c8b',
    500: '#9d5e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d5e5e;
$custom-light: #bc8c8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d5e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 25.1,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55251,
    "c": 0.0827,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D5E5E

secondary

#9DBABA

accent

#C2C266

background

#FBF8F8

surface

#F7F0F0

border

#D0CBCB

text

#120C0C

muted

#817D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D5E5E

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

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