#9E8C8A#9E8C8A

#9E8C8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.022 H 25.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8C8A
RGB	rgb(158, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(6, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(6, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.76, 6.39, 3.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.76, 7.30, 28.95°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% 0.0199 0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.022 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0658, 27.8608, 27.9390)
Luminance	0.2786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8C8A #8A9C9E

analogous

#9E8A92 #9E8C8A #9E968A

triadic

#9E8C8A #8A9E8C #8C8A9E

tetradic

#9E8C8A #929E8A #8A9C9E #968A9E

square

#9E8C8A #929E8A #8A9C9E #968A9E

split-complementary

#9E8C8A #8A9E96 #8A929E

monochromatic

#5F504F #806D6A #9E8C8A #BAADAB #D5CECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#9E8C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#9E8C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8C8A

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8C8A	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93918A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.022 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baadac',
    500: '#9e8c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8c8a;
$custom-light: #baadac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 9.346,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65555,
    "c": 0.02196,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8C8A

secondary

#BEC5C6

accent

#ACB275

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8C8A

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

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