#9F8A8A#9F8A8A

#9F8A8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.025 H 17.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8A8A
RGB	rgb(159, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(0, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 13.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, 7.90, 2.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 8.42, 20.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% 0.0242 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.025 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9738, 27.3835, 27.8518)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8A8A #8A9F9F

analogous

#9F8A94 #9F8A8A #9F948A

triadic

#9F8A8A #8A9F8A #8A8A9F

tetradic

#9F8A8A #949F8A #8A9F9F #948A9F

square

#9F8A8A #949F8A #8A9F9F #948A9F

split-complementary

#9F8A8A #8A9F94 #8A949F

monochromatic

#604F4F #826A6A #9F8A8A #BBACAC #D6CDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#9F8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#9F8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8A8A

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8A8A	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)

#8D8D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92908A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.025 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbacac',
    500: '#9f8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8a8a;
$custom-light: #bbacac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65238,
    "c": 0.02545,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8A8A

secondary

#BEC7C7

accent

#B3B375

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#121010

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8A8A

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

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