#96231B#96231B

#96231B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.152 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96231B
RGB	rgb(150, 35, 27)
HSL	hsl(4, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(4, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.7%, 82%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.49, 46.76, 34.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.49, 57.86, 36.10°)
OKLab	oklab(44.47% 0.1334 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(44.47% 0.152 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.3781, 7.7673, 1.8315)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96231B #1B8E96

analogous

#961B51 #96231B #96601B

triadic

#96231B #1B9623 #231B96

tetradic

#96231B #51961B #1B8E96 #601B96

square

#96231B #51961B #1B8E96 #601B96

split-complementary

#96231B #1B9660 #1B5196

monochromatic

#2E0B08 #621712 #96231B #CA2F24 #DF564D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#96231B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#96231B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #96231B

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96231B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##96231B	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463F19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635815

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A60022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96231b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 35, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.152 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6858',
    500: '#96231b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96231b;
$custom-light: #be6858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96231b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.902,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44465,
    "c": 0.15228,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96231B

secondary

#4CB9C1

accent

#E1EC3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9EBE9

border

#D2C6C5

text

#140703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #96231B

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

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