#9E8A8E#9E8A8E

#9E8A8E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.025 H 4.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A8E
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 142)
HSL	hsl(348, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(348, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 10.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.34, 8.22, 0.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.34, 8.25, 4.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% 0.0247 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.025 4.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0711, 27.3997, 29.3959)
Luminance	0.2740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A8E #8A9E9A

analogous

#9E8A98 #9E8A8E #9E908A

triadic

#9E8A8E #8E9E8A #8A8E9E

tetradic

#9E8A8E #989E8A #8A9E9A #908A9E

square

#9E8A8E #989E8A #8A9E9A #908A9E

split-complementary

#9E8A8E #8A9E90 #8A989E

monochromatic

#5F4F52 #806A6F #9E8A8E #BAABAE #D5CDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#9E8A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#9E8A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A8E

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A8E	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91908E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2898B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.025 4.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baacaf',
    500: '#9e8a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a8e;
$custom-light: #baacaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 9.346,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65263,
    "c": 0.02475,
    "h": 4.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A8E

secondary

#BEC6C4

accent

#B2A675

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A8E

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

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