#9B252B#9B252B

#9B252B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.154 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B252B
RGB	rgb(155, 37, 43)
HSL	hsl(357, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(357, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 72.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.94, 48.31, 26.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.94, 55.07, 28.68°)
OKLab	oklab(45.79% 0.1412 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(45.79% 0.154 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.6168, 8.4684, 3.1499)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B252B #259B95

analogous

#9B2566 #9B252B #9B5A25

triadic

#9B252B #2B9B25 #252B9B

tetradic

#9B252B #669B25 #259B95 #5A259B

square

#9B252B #669B25 #259B95 #5A259B

split-complementary

#9B252B #259B5A #25669B

monochromatic

#380D10 #6A191D #9B252B #CC3139 #D96167

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#9B252B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#9B252B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B252B

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B252B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B252B	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)

#48422A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b252b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 37, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.154 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c06a64',
    500: '#9b252b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b252b;
$custom-light: #c06a64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b252b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.949,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45785,
    "c": 0.15368,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B252B

secondary

#5DBFBA

accent

#E5DC43

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEB

border

#D2C7C6

text

#140705

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B252B

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

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