#9C191F#9C191F

#9C191F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.165 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C191F
RGB	rgb(156, 25, 31)
HSL	hsl(357, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(357, 84%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84%, 80.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.70, 51.75, 32.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.70, 61.05, 32.04°)
OKLab	oklab(44.85% 0.1493 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(44.85% 0.165 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.3070, 7.8645, 2.0607)
Luminance	0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C191F #199C96

analogous

#9C1960 #9C191F #9C5419

triadic

#9C191F #1F9C19 #191F9C

tetradic

#9C191F #609C19 #199C96 #54199C

square

#9C191F #609C19 #199C96 #54199C

split-complementary

#9C191F #199C54 #19609C

monochromatic

#33080A #671115 #9C191F #D12129 #E24D54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#9C191F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#9C191F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C191F

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C191F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C191F	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645919

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c191f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 25, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.165 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2655b',
    500: '#9c191f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c191f;
$custom-light: #c2655b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c191f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.252,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4485,
    "c": 0.16509,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C191F

secondary

#4CC4BF

accent

#EFE739

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#140604

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C191F

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

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