#9A231C#9A231C

#9A231C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.156 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A231C
RGB	rgb(154, 35, 28)
HSL	hsl(3, 69%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(3, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.3%, 81.8%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.31, 48.07, 34.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.31, 59.23, 35.75°)
OKLab	oklab(45.22% 0.1373 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(45.22% 0.156 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.1388, 8.1582, 1.9286)
Luminance	0.0816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A231C #1C939A

analogous

#9A1C54 #9A231C #9A621C

triadic

#9A231C #1C9A23 #231C9A

tetradic

#9A231C #549A1C #1C939A #621C9A

square

#9A231C #549A1C #1C939A #621C9A

split-complementary

#9A231C #1C9A62 #1C549A

monochromatic

#320B09 #661713 #9A231C #CE2F25 #DF5951

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#9A231C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#9A231C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A231C

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A231C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A231C	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48401A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a231c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 35, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.156 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16859',
    500: '#9a231c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a231c;
$custom-light: #c16859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a231c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.333,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45222,
    "c": 0.15621,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A231C

secondary

#50BCC2

accent

#E2EC3C

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#140703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A231C

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

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