#9E8A88#9E8A88

#9E8A88 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.024 H 24.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A88
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 136)
HSL	hsl(5, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(5, 14%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 13.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, 7.17, 3.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 8.14, 28.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% 0.0222 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.024 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6327, 27.2243, 27.0870)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A88 #889C9E

analogous

#9E8891 #9E8A88 #9E9588

triadic

#9E8A88 #889E8A #8A889E

tetradic

#9E8A88 #919E88 #889C9E #95889E

square

#9E8A88 #919E88 #889C9E #95889E

split-complementary

#9E8A88 #889E95 #88919E

monochromatic

#5F4F4D #806B69 #9E8A88 #B9ABAA #D5CCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#9E8A88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#9E8A88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A88

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A88	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929088

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.024 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baacaa',
    500: '#9e8a88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a88;
$custom-light: #baacaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 10.185,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65084,
    "c": 0.02446,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A88

secondary

#BCC5C5

accent

#ADB375

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A88

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

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