#9A232E#9A232E

#9A232E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.154 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A232E
RGB	rgb(154, 35, 46)
HSL	hsl(354, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(354, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.3%, 70.1%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.54, 48.83, 24.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.54, 54.42, 26.20°)
OKLab	oklab(45.47% 0.1437 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(45.47% 0.154 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.4222, 8.2716, 3.4214)
Luminance	0.0827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A232E #239A8F

analogous

#9A236A #9A232E #9A5423

triadic

#9A232E #2E9A23 #232E9A

tetradic

#9A232E #6A9A23 #239A8F #54239A

square

#9A232E #6A9A23 #239A8F #54239A

split-complementary

#9A232E #239A54 #236A9A

monochromatic

#360C10 #68181F #9A232E #CC2E3D #DA5D69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.91

#9A232E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#9A232E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A232E

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A232E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A232E	1.00	7.91	2.65	7.91
#FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46412D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a232e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 35, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.154 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf6966',
    500: '#9a232e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a232e;
$custom-light: #bf6966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a232e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.454,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45468,
    "c": 0.15418,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A232E

secondary

#5ABFB6

accent

#E6D742

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9EBEB

border

#D2C6C6

text

#140706

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A232E

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

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