#9D8A8A#9D8A8A

#9D8A8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.023 H 17.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A8A
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(0, 12%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 12.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, 7.14, 2.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 7.60, 20.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% 0.0219 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.023 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5803, 27.1806, 27.8333)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A8A #8A9D9D

analogous

#9D8A93 #9D8A8A #9D938A

triadic

#9D8A8A #8A9D8A #8A8A9D

tetradic

#9D8A8A #939D8A #8A9D9D #938A9D

square

#9D8A8A #939D8A #8A9D9D #938A9D

split-complementary

#9D8A8A #8A9D93 #8A939D

monochromatic

#5E4F4F #7F6B6B #9D8A8A #B9ABAB #D5CDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#9D8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#9D8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A8A

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A8A	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91908A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.023 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baacac',
    500: '#9d8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a8a;
$custom-light: #baacac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 8.837,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65048,
    "c": 0.02299,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A8A

secondary

#BEC5C5

accent

#B2B276

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A8A

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

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