#9C1D21#9C1D21

#9C1D21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.162 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C1D21
RGB	rgb(156, 29, 33)
HSL	hsl(358, 69%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(358, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.4%, 78.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.10, 50.74, 31.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.10, 59.79, 31.94°)
OKLab	oklab(45.16% 0.1465 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(45.16% 0.162 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.4259, 8.0588, 2.2345)
Luminance	0.0806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C1D21 #1D9C98

analogous

#9C1D61 #9C1D21 #9C591D

triadic

#9C1D21 #219C1D #1D219C

tetradic

#9C1D21 #619C1D #1D9C98 #591D9C

square

#9C1D21 #619C1D #1D9C98 #591D9C

split-complementary

#9C1D21 #1D9C59 #1D619C

monochromatic

#350A0B #681316 #9C1D21 #D0272C #DF5459

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#9C1D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#9C1D21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C1D21

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C1D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C1D21	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463F20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c1d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 29, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.162 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2665d',
    500: '#9c1d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c1d21;
$custom-light: #c2665d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c1d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.11,
    "s": 68.649,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45159,
    "c": 0.16216,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C1D21

secondary

#52C2BF

accent

#EBE63C

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C1D21

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

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