#9E8488#9E8488

#9E8488 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.032 H 7.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8488
RGB	rgb(158, 132, 136)
HSL	hsl(351, 12%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(351, 16%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 13.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, 10.58, 1.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 10.69, 8.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% 0.032 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.032 7.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7956, 25.5500, 26.8079)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8488 #849E9A

analogous

#9E8495 #9E8488 #9E8D84

triadic

#9E8488 #889E84 #84889E

tetradic

#9E8488 #959E84 #849E9A #8D849E

square

#9E8488 #959E84 #849E9A #8D849E

split-complementary

#9E8488 #849E8D #84959E

monochromatic

#5E4A4D #806569 #9E8488 #B9A6A9 #D4C8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9E8488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#9E8488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8488

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8488	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 132, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.032 7.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba7aa',
    500: '#9e8488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8488;
$custom-light: #bba7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.769,
    "s": 11.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63857,
    "c": 0.03223,
    "h": 7.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8488

secondary

#BAC4C3

accent

#B5AB73

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#110F10

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8488

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

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