#9A231E#9A231E

#9A231E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.156 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A231E
RGB	rgb(154, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(2, 81%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.3%, 80.5%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.33, 48.14, 33.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.33, 58.65, 34.83°)
OKLab	oklab(45.24% 0.1379 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(45.24% 0.156 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.1635, 8.1681, 2.0589)
Luminance	0.0817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A231E #1E959A

analogous

#9A1E57 #9A231E #9A611E

triadic

#9A231E #1E9A23 #231E9A

tetradic

#9A231E #579A1E #1E959A #611E9A

square

#9A231E #579A1E #1E959A #611E9A

split-complementary

#9A231E #1E9A61 #1E579A

monochromatic

#340C0A #671714 #9A231E #CD2F28 #DE5A55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#9A231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#9A231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A231E

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A231E	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)

#48401C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.156 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1685b',
    500: '#9a231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a231e;
$custom-light: #c1685b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.419,
    "s": 67.391,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45243,
    "c": 0.15594,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A231E

secondary

#53BDC1

accent

#E3EA3E

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A231E

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

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