#9B233B#9B233B

#9B233B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.155 H 14.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B233B
RGB	rgb(155, 35, 59)
HSL	hsl(348, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(348, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 61.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.98, 49.91, 16.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.98, 52.52, 18.11°)
OKLab	oklab(45.91% 0.1498 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(45.91% 0.155 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.9096, 8.4886, 4.9902)
Luminance	0.0849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B233B #239B83

analogous

#9B2377 #9B233B #9B4723

triadic

#9B233B #3B9B23 #233B9B

tetradic

#9B233B #779B23 #239B83 #47239B

square

#9B233B #779B23 #239B83 #47239B

split-complementary

#9B233B #239B47 #23779B

monochromatic

#370C15 #691828 #9B233B #CD2E4E #DB5E77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#9B233B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#9B233B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B233B

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B233B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B233B	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)

#44423B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b233b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 35, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.155 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf6970',
    500: '#9b233b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b233b;
$custom-light: #bf6970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b233b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45906,
    "c": 0.15497,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B233B

secondary

#5ABFAB

accent

#E6C542

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEC

border

#D1C6C7

text

#130707

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B233B

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

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