#9B2E1B#9B2E1B

#9B2E1B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.148 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B2E1B
RGB	rgb(155, 46, 27)
HSL	hsl(9, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(9, 83%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 82.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.99, 44.25, 36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.99, 57.59, 39.80°)
OKLab	oklab(46.51% 0.125 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(46.51% 0.148 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.6941, 9.0039, 2.0009)
Luminance	0.0900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B2E1B #1B889B

analogous

#9B1B48 #9B2E1B #9B6E1B

triadic

#9B2E1B #1B9B2E #2E1B9B

tetradic

#9B2E1B #489B1B #1B889B #6E1B9B

square

#9B2E1B #489B1B #1B889B #6E1B9B

split-complementary

#9B2E1B #1B9B6E #1B489B

monochromatic

#330F09 #671F12 #9B2E1B #CF3D24 #E06550

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.50

#9B2E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#9B2E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B2E1B

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B2E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B2E1B	1.00	7.50	2.80	7.50
#FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB042B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b2e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 46, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.148 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16e59',
    500: '#9b2e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b2e1b;
$custom-light: #c16e59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b2e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.906,
    "s": 70.33,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46511,
    "c": 0.14793,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B2E1B

secondary

#4FB2C3

accent

#D3ED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B2E1B

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

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