#9B4E40#9B4E40

#9B4E40 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.106 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B4E40
RGB	rgb(155, 78, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(9, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 58.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.44, 30.73, 22.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.44, 38.35, 36.75°)
OKLab	oklab(51.55% 0.0901 0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(51.55% 0.106 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.1687, 12.7894, 6.4139)
Luminance	0.1279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B4E40 #408D9B

analogous

#9B405F #9B4E40 #9B7C40

triadic

#9B4E40 #409B4E #4E409B

tetradic

#9B4E40 #5F9B40 #408D9B #7C409B

square

#9B4E40 #5F9B40 #408D9B #7C409B

split-complementary

#9B4E40 #409B7C #405F9B

monochromatic

#44221C #70382E #9B4E40 #BC6B5C #CE9288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#9B4E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#9B4E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B4E40

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B4E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B4E40	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9414B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b4e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 78, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.106 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8175',
    500: '#9b4e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b4e40;
$custom-light: #bd8175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b4e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.231,
    "s": 41.553,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51548,
    "c": 0.10584,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B4E40

secondary

#7EAFB8

accent

#BED156

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8EFED

border

#D1CAC8

text

#130A08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B4E40

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

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