#9B4E48#9B4E48

#9B4E48 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.104 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B4E48
RGB	rgb(155, 78, 72)
HSL	hsl(4, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(4, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 53.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.59, 31.42, 18.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.59, 36.37, 30.24°)
OKLab	oklab(51.71% 0.0934 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(51.71% 0.104 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4129, 12.8871, 7.7001)
Luminance	0.1288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B4E48 #48959B

analogous

#9B486C #9B4E48 #9B7848

triadic

#9B4E48 #489B4E #4E489B

tetradic

#9B4E48 #6C9B48 #48959B #78489B

square

#9B4E48 #6C9B48 #48959B #78489B

split-complementary

#9B4E48 #489B78 #486C9B

monochromatic

#472421 #713935 #9B4E48 #B96D68 #CC9691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#9B4E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#9B4E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B4E48

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B4E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B4E48	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605B47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8424D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b4e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 78, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.104 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc817b',
    500: '#9b4e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b4e48;
$custom-light: #bc817b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b4e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.337,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51709,
    "c": 0.10385,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B4E48

secondary

#87B4B8

accent

#C4CD5B

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8EFED

border

#D1CAC8

text

#120A09

muted

#817C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B4E48

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

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