#96231E#96231E

#96231E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.152 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96231E
RGB	rgb(150, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(3, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(3, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.7%, 80%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.52, 46.86, 32.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.52, 56.97, 34.67°)
OKLab	oklab(44.5% 0.1344 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(44.5% 0.152 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.4147, 7.7819, 2.0238)
Luminance	0.0778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96231E #1E9196

analogous

#961E55 #96231E #965F1E

triadic

#96231E #1E9623 #231E96

tetradic

#96231E #55961E #1E9196 #5F1E96

square

#96231E #55961E #1E9196 #5F1E96

split-complementary

#96231E #1E965F #1E5596

monochromatic

#300B0A #631714 #96231E #C92F28 #DC5852

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#96231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#96231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #96231E

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##96231E	1.00	8.22	2.56	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635819

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A60023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.152 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd685a',
    500: '#96231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96231e;
$custom-light: #bd685a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44498,
    "c": 0.15185,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96231E

secondary

#50BBBF

accent

#E2EA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9EBE9

border

#D2C6C5

text

#140704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #96231E

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

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