#9C1919#9C1919

#9C1919 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.166 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C1919
RGB	rgb(156, 25, 25)
HSL	hsl(0, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(0, 84%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84%, 84%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.64, 51.57, 35.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.64, 62.76, 34.75°)
OKLab	oklab(44.79% 0.1474 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(44.79% 0.166 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.2352, 7.8357, 1.6824)
Luminance	0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C1919 #199C9C

analogous

#9C195A #9C1919 #9C5A19

triadic

#9C1919 #199C19 #19199C

tetradic

#9C1919 #5A9C19 #199C9C #5A199C

square

#9C1919 #5A9C19 #199C9C #5A199C

split-complementary

#9C1919 #199C5A #195A9C

monochromatic

#330808 #671111 #9C1919 #D12121 #E24D4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#9C1919 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#9C1919 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C1919

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C1919	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C1919	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645912

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c1919;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 25, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.166 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36557',
    500: '#9c1919',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c1919;
$custom-light: #c36557;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c1919",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44786,
    "c": 0.16574,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C1919

secondary

#4CC4C4

accent

#EFEF39

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#140603

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C1919

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

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