#9B2121#9B2121

#9B2121 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.158 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B2121
RGB	rgb(155, 33, 33)
HSL	hsl(0, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(0, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 78.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.33, 49.22, 31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.33, 58.61, 32.87°)
OKLab	oklab(45.29% 0.1418 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(45.29% 0.158 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.3377, 8.1684, 2.2603)
Luminance	0.0817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B2121 #219B9B

analogous

#9B215E #9B2121 #9B5E21

triadic

#9B2121 #219B21 #21219B

tetradic

#9B2121 #5E9B21 #219B9B #5E219B

square

#9B2121 #5E9B21 #219B9B #5E219B

split-complementary

#9B2121 #219B5E #215E9B

monochromatic

#360C0C #691616 #9B2121 #CD2C2C #DC5A5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#9B2121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#9B2121 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B2121

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B2121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B2121	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)

#47401F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b2121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 33, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.158 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1685d',
    500: '#9b2121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b2121;
$custom-light: #c1685d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b2121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 64.894,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4529,
    "c": 0.15815,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B2121

secondary

#58C0C0

accent

#E8E840

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B2121

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

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