#9E797C#9E797C

#9E797C is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.046 H 13.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E797C
RGB	rgb(158, 121, 124)
HSL	hsl(355, 16%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(355, 23%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 21.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.45, 14.88, 3.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.45, 15.39, 14.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.3% 0.0452 0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(61.3% 0.046 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5762, 22.4002, 22.0940)
Luminance	0.2240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E797C #799E9B

analogous

#9E798F #9E797C #9E8979

triadic

#9E797C #7C9E79 #797C9E

tetradic

#9E797C #8F9E79 #799E9B #89799E

square

#9E797C #8F9E79 #799E9B #89799E

split-complementary

#9E797C #799E89 #798F9E

monochromatic

#5B4244 #7E5B5E #9E797C #B89D9F #D1C0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#9E797C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#9E797C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E797C

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E797C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E797C	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7E7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87857B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5767A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e797c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 121, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.046 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba0a1',
    500: '#9e797c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e797c;
$custom-light: #bba0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e797c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.135,
    "s": 16.017,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61299,
    "c": 0.04644,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E797C

secondary

#B2C1C0

accent

#B9B36F

background

#FBF9F9

surface

#F6F2F2

border

#D0CCCC

text

#120E0F

muted

#817E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E797C

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

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