#9E8E8A#9E8E8A

#9E8E8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.020 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8E8A
RGB	rgb(158, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(12, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(12, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.29, 5.26, 4.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.29, 6.80, 39.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.97% 0.0167 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(65.97% 0.02 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3607, 28.4506, 28.0373)
Luminance	0.2845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8E8A #8A9A9E

analogous

#9E8A90 #9E8E8A #9E988A

triadic

#9E8E8A #8A9E8E #8E8A9E

tetradic

#9E8E8A #909E8A #8A9A9E #988A9E

square

#9E8E8A #909E8A #8A9A9E #988A9E

split-complementary

#9E8E8A #8A9E98 #8A909E

monochromatic

#5F524F #806F6A #9E8E8A #BAAEAB #D5CFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#9E8E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#9E8E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8E8A

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8E8A	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91908A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95938A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.020 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baafac',
    500: '#9e8e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8e8a;
$custom-light: #baafac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 9.346,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6597,
    "c": 0.02017,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8E8A

secondary

#BEC4C6

accent

#A6B275

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8E8A

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

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