#9E8686#9E8686

#9E8686 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.029 H 17.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8686
RGB	rgb(158, 134, 134)
HSL	hsl(0, 11%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(0, 15%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 15.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, 9.10, 3.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 9.71, 20.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% 0.0279 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.029 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9286, 26.0413, 26.1576)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8686 #869E9E

analogous

#9E8692 #9E8686 #9E9286

triadic

#9E8686 #869E86 #86869E

tetradic

#9E8686 #929E86 #869E9E #92869E

square

#9E8686 #929E86 #869E9E #92869E

split-complementary

#9E8686 #869E92 #86929E

monochromatic

#5E4B4B #806767 #9E8686 #B9A8A8 #D4CACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#9E8686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#9E8686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8686

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8686	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8986

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8D86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 134, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.029 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba9a9',
    500: '#9e8686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8686;
$custom-light: #bba9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 11.009,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64204,
    "c": 0.02932,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8686

secondary

#BBC5C5

accent

#B4B474

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#110F0F

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8686

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

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