#9B3231#9B3231

#9B3231 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.140 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B3231
RGB	rgb(155, 50, 49)
HSL	hsl(1, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(1, 68%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.7%, 68.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.88, 43.55, 25.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.88, 50.24, 29.92°)
OKLab	oklab(47.26% 0.1274 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(47.26% 0.14 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.2141, 9.4737, 3.9326)
Luminance	0.0947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B3231 #319A9B

analogous

#9B3165 #9B3231 #9B6731

triadic

#9B3231 #319B32 #32319B

tetradic

#9B3231 #659B31 #319A9B #67319B

square

#9B3231 #659B31 #319A9B #67319B

split-complementary

#9B3231 #319B67 #31659B

monochromatic

#3E1414 #6D2322 #9B3231 #C44645 #D37473

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#9B3231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#9B3231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B3231

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B3231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B3231	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA1733

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b3231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 50, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.140 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7069',
    500: '#9b3231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b3231;
$custom-light: #bf7069;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b3231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.566,
    "s": 51.961,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47263,
    "c": 0.14026,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B3231

secondary

#6DBABB

accent

#DADB4C

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F8EDEB

border

#D1C8C6

text

#130806

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B3231

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

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