#9C222E#9C222E

#9C222E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.157 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C222E
RGB	rgb(156, 34, 46)
HSL	hsl(354, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(354, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 70.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.83, 49.78, 24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.83, 55.47, 26.17°)
OKLab	oklab(45.75% 0.1464 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(45.75% 0.157 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.7771, 8.4115, 3.4297)
Luminance	0.0841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C222E #229C90

analogous

#9C226B #9C222E #9C5322

triadic

#9C222E #2E9C22 #222E9C

tetradic

#9C222E #6B9C22 #229C90 #53229C

square

#9C222E #6B9C22 #229C90 #53229C

split-complementary

#9C222E #229C53 #226B9C

monochromatic

#380C10 #6A171F #9C222E #CE2D3D #DC5D69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.83

#9C222E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#9C222E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C222E

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C222E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C222E	1.00	7.83	2.68	7.83
#FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46412D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c222e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 34, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.157 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16966',
    500: '#9c222e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c222e;
$custom-light: #c16966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c222e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.098,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45751,
    "c": 0.15706,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C222E

secondary

#5AC0B6

accent

#E7D741

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9EBEB

border

#D2C6C6

text

#140706

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C222E

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

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