#9B453B#9B453B

#9B453B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.117 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B453B
RGB	rgb(155, 69, 59)
HSL	hsl(6, 45%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(6, 62%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 61.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.48, 35.12, 23.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.48, 42.23, 33.73°)
OKLab	oklab(50.03% 0.1029 0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(50.03% 0.117 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.4365, 11.5426, 5.4992)
Luminance	0.1154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B453B #3B919B

analogous

#9B3B61 #9B453B #9B753B

triadic

#9B453B #3B9B45 #453B9B

tetradic

#9B453B #619B3B #3B919B #753B9B

square

#9B453B #619B3B #3B919B #753B9B

split-complementary

#9B453B #3B9B75 #3B619B

monochromatic

#421E19 #6F312A #9B453B #BE6055 #CF8981

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#9B453B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#9B453B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B453B

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B453B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B453B	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B543A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A93543

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b453b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 69, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.117 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7b71',
    500: '#9b453b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b453b;
$custom-light: #be7b71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b453b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.25,
    "s": 44.86,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50027,
    "c": 0.11726,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B453B

secondary

#79B2B9

accent

#C7D553

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F8EEEC

border

#D1C9C7

text

#130907

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B453B

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

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