#9E8490#9E8490

#9E8490 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.036 H 348.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8490
RGB	rgb(158, 132, 144)
HSL	hsl(332, 12%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(332, 16%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 8.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, 11.99, -2.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 12.30, 347.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% 0.0351 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.036 348.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3855, 25.7859, 29.9147)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8490 #849E92

analogous

#9E849D #9E8490 #9E8584

triadic

#9E8490 #909E84 #84909E

tetradic

#9E8490 #9D9E84 #849E92 #85849E

square

#9E8490 #9D9E84 #849E92 #85849E

split-complementary

#9E8490 #849E85 #849D9E

monochromatic

#5E4A53 #806571 #9E8490 #B9A6AF #D4C8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9E8490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#9E8490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8490

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8490	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8C8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 132, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.036 348.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa7b0',
    500: '#9e8490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8490;
$custom-light: #baa7b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 332.308,
    "s": 11.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64107,
    "c": 0.03582,
    "h": 348.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8490

secondary

#BAC4BF

accent

#B59673

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#110F10

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8490

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

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