#9C2229#9C2229

#9C2229 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.157 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C2229
RGB	rgb(156, 34, 41)
HSL	hsl(357, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(357, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 73.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.75, 49.54, 27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.75, 56.66, 29.03°)
OKLab	oklab(45.67% 0.1445 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(45.67% 0.157 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.6843, 8.3744, 2.9406)
Luminance	0.0837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C2229 #229C95

analogous

#9C2266 #9C2229 #9C5822

triadic

#9C2229 #299C22 #22299C

tetradic

#9C2229 #669C22 #229C95 #58229C

square

#9C2229 #669C22 #229C95 #58229C

split-complementary

#9C2229 #229C58 #22669C

monochromatic

#380C0F #6A171C #9C2229 #CE2D36 #DC5D64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.85

#9C2229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#9C2229 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C2229

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C2229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C2229	1.00	7.85	2.67	7.85
#FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c2229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 34, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.157 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16963',
    500: '#9c2229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c2229;
$custom-light: #c16963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c2229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.557,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45671,
    "c": 0.15747,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C2229

secondary

#5AC0BA

accent

#E7DE41

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F9EBEA

border

#D2C6C6

text

#140705

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C2229

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

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