Reddish Grey #997570

About this color

#997570 is a medium-dark, muted red. In OKLCH its lightness is 60%, its chroma 0.046 and its hue 28°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Reddish Grey. Black text reads best on it, at 5.13:1.

Colors that go with Reddish Grey

Matches found by rotating Reddish Grey around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Reddish Grey

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Reddish Grey, closest first.

• Terracotta and Cactus
• Carnation Water
• Champagne and Blush
• Daguerreotype Tearoom
• Camellia Letter
• Umber Workshop
• Sprout Garden
• Ledger and Attic

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Reddish Grey, with their ΔE distance.

• English Lavender #9D8189 ΔE 0.042
• Pinkish Brown #B17261 ΔE 0.043
• Mocha #9D7651 ΔE 0.044
• Gray #808080 ΔE 0.046
• Mauve #AE7181 ΔE 0.047
• Medium Grey #7D7F7C ΔE 0.048
• Brown Grey #8D8468 ΔE 0.050
• Purpley Grey #947E94 ΔE 0.051

More about Reddish Grey

• Shades of red
• What red means

How to make Reddish Grey

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 2 parts pink
• 1 part red
• 1 part green

Recipe result: #A07776, a difference of ΔE 0.016 from Reddish Grey. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make red? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Reddish Grey in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Reddish Grey

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 500.

1. Step 50

   50

   #F7F5F4

   oklch(97.1% 0.003 48.7)

2. Step 100

   100

   #EEE8E7

   oklch(93.5% 0.007 28.8)

3. Step 200

   200

   #E1D6D4

   oklch(88.4% 0.012 29.9)

4. Step 300

   300

   #CFBBB9

   oklch(80.8% 0.023 24.5)

5. Step 400

   400

   #B69994

   oklch(70.8% 0.036 29.5)

6. Step 500

   500 (this color)

   #997570

   oklch(59.6% 0.046 27.6)

7. Step 600

   600

   #8F6863

   oklch(55.6% 0.051 27.1)

8. Step 700

   700

   #795752

   oklch(49.1% 0.046 28.3)

9. Step 800

   800

   #634743

   oklch(42.7% 0.039 28)

10. Step 900

    900

    #513C39

    oklch(37.8% 0.03 27.9)

11. Step 950

    950

    #2F2321

    oklch(27% 0.019 29.3)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Reddish Grey with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.