#9E8A8A#9E8A8A

#9E8A8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.024 H 17.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A8A
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(0, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, 7.52, 2.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 8.01, 20.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% 0.0231 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.024 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7762, 27.2817, 27.8425)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A8A #8A9E9E

analogous

#9E8A94 #9E8A8A #9E948A

triadic

#9E8A8A #8A9E8A #8A8A9E

tetradic

#9E8A8A #949E8A #8A9E9E #948A9E

square

#9E8A8A #949E8A #8A9E9E #948A9E

split-complementary

#9E8A8A #8A9E94 #8A949E

monochromatic

#5F4F4F #806A6A #9E8A8A #BAABAB #D5CDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#9E8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#9E8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A8A

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A8A	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92908A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.024 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baacac',
    500: '#9e8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a8a;
$custom-light: #baacac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 9.346,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65142,
    "c": 0.02422,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A8A

secondary

#BEC6C6

accent

#B2B275

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A8A

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

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