#9A281D#9A281D

#9A281D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.152 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A281D
RGB	rgb(154, 40, 29)
HSL	hsl(5, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(5, 81%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74%, 81.2%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.96, 46.33, 34.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.96, 57.88, 36.83°)
OKLab	oklab(45.71% 0.132 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(45.71% 0.152 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.3087, 8.4785, 2.0453)
Luminance	0.0848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A281D #1D8F9A

analogous

#9A1D50 #9A281D #9A661D

triadic

#9A281D #1D9A28 #281D9A

tetradic

#9A281D #509A1D #1D8F9A #661D9A

square

#9A281D #509A1D #1D8F9A #661D9A

split-complementary

#9A281D #1D9A66 #1D509A

monochromatic

#330D0A #661B13 #9A281D #CE3527 #DF5F53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#9A281D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#9A281D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A281D

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A281D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A281D	1.00	7.79	2.70	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A421B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a281d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 40, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.152 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c06b5a',
    500: '#9a281d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a281d;
$custom-light: #c06b5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a281d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.28,
    "s": 68.306,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4571,
    "c": 0.15188,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A281D

secondary

#51B8C2

accent

#DCEB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECE9

border

#D2C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A281D

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

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