#9B4E49#9B4E49

#9B4E49 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.104 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B4E49
RGB	rgb(155, 78, 73)
HSL	hsl(4, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(4, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 52.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.61, 31.51, 17.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.61, 36.16, 29.37°)
OKLab	oklab(51.73% 0.0939 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(51.73% 0.104 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.4458, 12.9002, 7.8733)
Luminance	0.1290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B4E49 #49969B

analogous

#9B496D #9B4E49 #9B7749

triadic

#9B4E49 #499B4E #4E499B

tetradic

#9B4E49 #6D9B49 #49969B #77499B

square

#9B4E49 #6D9B49 #49969B #77499B

split-complementary

#9B4E49 #499B77 #496D9B

monochromatic

#482422 #713935 #9B4E49 #B86E69 #CC9693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#9B4E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#9B4E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B4E49

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B4E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B4E49	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)

#605B48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736B48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8424D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b4e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 78, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.104 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc817b',
    500: '#9b4e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b4e49;
$custom-light: #bc817b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b4e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.659,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5173,
    "c": 0.10366,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B4E49

secondary

#88B5B8

accent

#C5CC5C

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8EFEE

border

#D1CAC9

text

#120A09

muted

#817C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B4E49

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

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