#9B243A#9B243A

#9B243A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.154 H 15.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B243A
RGB	rgb(155, 36, 58)
HSL	hsl(349, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(349, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 62.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.08, 49.51, 17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.08, 52.38, 19.05°)
OKLab	oklab(45.97% 0.1483 0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(45.97% 0.154 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.9137, 8.5380, 4.8649)
Luminance	0.0854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B243A #249B85

analogous

#9B2475 #9B243A #9B4A24

triadic

#9B243A #3A9B24 #243A9B

tetradic

#9B243A #759B24 #249B85 #4A249B

square

#9B243A #759B24 #249B85 #4A249B

split-complementary

#9B243A #249B4A #24759B

monochromatic

#380D15 #691827 #9B243A #CD304D #DA5F76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.76

#9B243A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#9B243A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B243A

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B243A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B243A	1.00	7.76	2.71	7.76
#FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45433A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b243a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 36, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.154 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf6a6f',
    500: '#9b243a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b243a;
$custom-light: #bf6a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b243a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.908,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45973,
    "c": 0.154,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B243A

secondary

#5CBFAD

accent

#E5C742

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8ECEC

border

#D1C7C7

text

#130707

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B243A

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

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