#9B4E42#9B4E42

#9B4E42 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.105 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B4E42
RGB	rgb(155, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(8, 57%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 57.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.48, 30.89, 21.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.48, 37.81, 35.20°)
OKLab	oklab(51.59% 0.0909 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(51.59% 0.105 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2267, 12.8126, 6.7191)
Luminance	0.1281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B4E42 #428F9B

analogous

#9B4262 #9B4E42 #9B7A42

triadic

#9B4E42 #429B4E #4E429B

tetradic

#9B4E42 #629B42 #428F9B #7A429B

square

#9B4E42 #629B42 #428F9B #7A429B

split-complementary

#9B4E42 #429B7A #42629B

monochromatic

#45231D #703830 #9B4E42 #BB6C5F #CD938A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#9B4E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#9B4E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B4E42

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B4E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B4E42	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)

#615A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9414B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b4e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.105 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8176',
    500: '#9b4e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b4e42;
$custom-light: #bd8176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b4e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.09,
    "s": 40.271,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51586,
    "c": 0.10527,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B4E42

secondary

#81B1B8

accent

#C0D058

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8EFED

border

#D1CAC8

text

#130A08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B4E42

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

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