#9C191A#9C191A

#9C191A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.166 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C191A
RGB	rgb(156, 25, 26)
HSL	hsl(360, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(360, 84%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84%, 83.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.65, 51.60, 35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.65, 62.47, 34.32°)
OKLab	oklab(44.8% 0.1477 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(44.8% 0.166 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.2462, 7.8401, 1.7403)
Luminance	0.0784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C191A #199C9B

analogous

#9C195B #9C191A #9C5919

triadic

#9C191A #1A9C19 #191A9C

tetradic

#9C191A #5B9C19 #199C9B #59199C

square

#9C191A #5B9C19 #199C9B #59199C

split-complementary

#9C191A #199C59 #195B9C

monochromatic

#330808 #671111 #9C191A #D12123 #E24D4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#9C191A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#9C191A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C191A

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C191A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C191A	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)

#453D18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645913

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c191a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 25, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.166 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36558',
    500: '#9c191a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c191a;
$custom-light: #c36558;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c191a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.542,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44796,
    "c": 0.16563,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C191A

secondary

#4CC4C4

accent

#EFEE39

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#140603

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C191A

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

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