#9B223E#9B223E

#9B223E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.156 H 13.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B223E
RGB	rgb(155, 34, 62)
HSL	hsl(346, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(346, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 60%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.93, 50.45, 14.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.93, 52.44, 15.84°)
OKLab	oklab(45.89% 0.152 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(45.89% 0.156 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.9606, 8.4626, 5.4022)
Luminance	0.0846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B223E #229B7F

analogous

#9B227A #9B223E #9B4322

triadic

#9B223E #3E9B22 #223E9B

tetradic

#9B223E #7A9B22 #229B7F #43229B

square

#9B223E #7A9B22 #229B7F #43229B

split-complementary

#9B223E #229B43 #227A9B

monochromatic

#370C16 #69172A #9B223E #CD2D52 #DB5C7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#9B223E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#9B223E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B223E

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B223E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B223E	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#43423E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b223e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 34, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.156 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf6973',
    500: '#9b223e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b223e;
$custom-light: #bf6973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b223e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.116,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45888,
    "c": 0.15609,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B223E

secondary

#59C0A8

accent

#E7C141

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEC

border

#D1C6C7

text

#130708

muted

#827A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B223E

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

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