#9A221B#9A221B

#9A221B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.157 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A221B
RGB	rgb(154, 34, 27)
HSL	hsl(3, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(3, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.9%, 82.5%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.18, 48.38, 35.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.18, 59.73, 35.92°)
OKLab	oklab(45.12% 0.138 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(45.12% 0.157 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.0980, 8.0955, 1.8570)
Luminance	0.0809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A221B #1B939A

analogous

#9A1B53 #9A221B #9A611B

triadic

#9A221B #1B9A22 #221B9A

tetradic

#9A221B #539A1B #1B939A #611B9A

square

#9A221B #539A1B #1B939A #611B9A

split-complementary

#9A221B #1B9A61 #1B539A

monochromatic

#320B09 #661712 #9A221B #CE2D24 #E0574F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.02

#9A221B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#9A221B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A221B

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A221B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A221B	1.00	8.02	2.62	8.02
#FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a221b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 34, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.157 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16858',
    500: '#9a221b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a221b;
$custom-light: #c16858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a221b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.307,
    "s": 70.166,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45122,
    "c": 0.15714,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A221B

secondary

#4EBCC3

accent

#E3ED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#140703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A221B

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

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