#9B271C#9B271C

#9B271C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.154 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B271C
RGB	rgb(155, 39, 28)
HSL	hsl(5, 69%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(5, 82%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 81.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.01, 46.99, 35.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.01, 58.82, 36.97°)
OKLab	oklab(45.78% 0.1338 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(45.78% 0.154 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.4544, 8.5057, 1.9791)
Luminance	0.0850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B271C #1C909B

analogous

#9B1C50 #9B271C #9B661C

triadic

#9B271C #1C9B27 #271C9B

tetradic

#9B271C #509B1C #1C909B #661C9B

square

#9B271C #509B1C #1C909B #661C9B

split-complementary

#9B271C #1C9B66 #1C509B

monochromatic

#330D09 #671A13 #9B271C #CF3425 #E05E52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#9B271C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#9B271C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B271C

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B271C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B271C	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4219

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675C16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b271c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 39, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.154 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16a59',
    500: '#9b271c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b271c;
$custom-light: #c16a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b271c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.197,
    "s": 69.399,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45783,
    "c": 0.15392,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B271C

secondary

#50B9C3

accent

#DDEC3C

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B271C

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

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