#9B2C23#9B2C23

#9B2C23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.148 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B2C23
RGB	rgb(155, 44, 35)
HSL	hsl(5, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(5, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 77.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.78, 45.35, 32.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.78, 55.61, 35.37°)
OKLab	oklab(46.38% 0.1301 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(46.38% 0.148 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.7233, 8.8935, 2.5311)
Luminance	0.0889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B2C23 #23929B

analogous

#9B2356 #9B2C23 #9B6823

triadic

#9B2C23 #239B2C #2C239B

tetradic

#9B2C23 #569B23 #23929B #68239B

square

#9B2C23 #569B23 #23929B #68239B

split-complementary

#9B2C23 #239B68 #23569B

monochromatic

#37100C #691E18 #9B2C23 #CD3A2E #DB675E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#9B2C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#9B2C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B2C23

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B2C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B2C23	1.00	7.56	2.78	7.56
#FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685D1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB012B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b2c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 44, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.148 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16d5e',
    500: '#9b2c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b2c23;
$custom-light: #c16d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b2c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46377,
    "c": 0.14837,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B2C23

secondary

#5AB8BF

accent

#DAE642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9ECE9

border

#D2C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B2C23

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

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