#9E8484#9E8484

#9E8484 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.032 H 18.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8484
RGB	rgb(158, 132, 132)
HSL	hsl(0, 12%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(0, 16%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 16.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, 9.90, 3.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 10.57, 20.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% 0.0303 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.032 18)
XYZ	xyz(26.5166, 25.4384, 25.3386)
Luminance	0.2544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8484 #849E9E

analogous

#9E8491 #9E8484 #9E9184

triadic

#9E8484 #849E84 #84849E

tetradic

#9E8484 #919E84 #849E9E #91849E

square

#9E8484 #919E84 #849E9E #91849E

split-complementary

#9E8484 #849E91 #84919E

monochromatic

#5E4A4A #806565 #9E8484 #B9A6A6 #D4C8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9E8484 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#9E8484 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8484

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8484	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8484	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8C84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A48284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8484;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 132, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.032 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba7a7',
    500: '#9e8484',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8484;
$custom-light: #bba7a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8484",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 11.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63738,
    "c": 0.0319,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.25438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8484

secondary

#BAC4C4

accent

#B5B573

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#110F0F

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8484

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

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